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Hirsch; 1967, sold by Hirsch to Morton and Estelle Sosland [1]; May 15, 2009, Property from the Morton and Estelle Sosland Collection, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 130, sold to the Princeton University Art Museum.\n</p>\n<p>\n\tNotes:\n\t<br />\n\t[1] According to 2009 Sotheby’s Cataloguing Preview.\n</p>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"This vessel depicts a prone composite creature with both reptilian and avian qualities. The vessel spout is modeled as a birdlike tail, while clawed limbs, pressed tightly to the body, and the scaly markings flanking the central opening allude to a crocodilian or perhaps a turtle. In Mesoamerican art, crocodilians and turtles often represent the earth, as both creatures float in still bodies of water (below which lies the underworld), and their faceted, rough backs resemble the craggy, mountainous terrain of Mesoamerica. The vessel’s blending of these realms is a Beni Zaa manifestation of a pervasive Mesoamerican interest in creatures that transcend the horizontally stacked layers of the cosmos: watery underworld, terrestrial realm, and sky.\n","remarks":"AAA3_20-T6-3_CLA_FA.pdf  - Day 1 installation"}],"media":[{"id":28073,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/2009-88_1","isprimary":1,"rank":2,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Bruce White Photography"}],"hasimage":"true","bibliography":[{"boilertext":"Frank Boos, <I>The Ceramic Sculptures of Ancient Oaxaca</I> (South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes, 1966).","citation":"Frank Boos, <I>The Ceramic Sculptures of Ancient Oaxaca</I> (South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes, 1966)., fig. 420","date":1966,"id":2542,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/1850173"},{"boilertext":"Ralph T. 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