Funerary Urn with Feline Lid

CultureMaya
Titles
  • Funerary Urn with Feline Lid
Date600–900 AD
PlaceQuiché, Guatemala
MediumEarthenware with slip and traces of polychrome pigment
DimensionsOverall: 35 1/8 × 25 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (89.2 × 64.8 × 54.6 cm)
Urn: 22 1/8 × 25 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (56.2 × 64.7 × 54.6 cm)
Lid: 13 × 13 × 22 in. (33 × 33 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 1993"
Object number93.389.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
200 Brown Gallery
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ProvenanceJorge Castillo of Guatemala; [Spencer Throckmorton, New York, early 1970s–late 1970s]; [Robert L. Stolper, Los Angeles and later London, from late 1970s]; Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Wray Collection, Phoenix, by 1984; The Manoogian Collection, before 1992; [Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 1992, lot 175, bought in]; [The Lands Beyond, New York, by 1993]; purchased by MFAH, 1993.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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