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Ex.Coll.PC.B.467, Cup

Ex.Coll.PC.B.467, Cup

Ex-Collection, Pre-Columbian Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Museum

Pre-Columbian, ca. 200–1500

Hammered gold, 15.88 cm x 6.67 cm x 6.03 cm (6 1/4 in. x 2 5/8 in. x 2 3/8 in.)

Robert Woods Bliss purchased this gold cup from the Parisian dealer Joseph Brummer through Royall Tyler by December 26, 1913. It was removed from the collection sometime before May 1980, although the exact date and reason are unrecorded.