Vessel in the Form of a Duck

Public Domain

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureChimú

Titles

Vessel in the Form of a Duck

Date1100–1450 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 × 6 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (14.6 × 15.9 × 9.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1282

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

209M Jones Galleries

Exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[André Emmerich (1924–2007) Gallery, New York, by at least 1965] [1]; the Count and Countess Guy du Boisrouvray, France and later New York and Argentina; by inheritence to their daugther, Countess Albina du Boisrouvray, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, until 1989; [Sotheby's, New York, October 27–28, 1989, lot 141]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, October 27–28, 1989–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Published: André Emmerich, Sweat of the Sun and Tears of the Moon, Seattle, 1965, fig. 16.
Published References Andre Emmerich, "Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon: Gold and Silver in Pre-Columbian Art," Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1965, p. 14, fig.16.

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