Double Spouted Vessel

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureSicán (Lambayeque)

Titles

Double Spouted Vessel

Date800–1375 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 × 9 × 5 3/4 in. (21 × 22.9 × 14.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1169

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[Art of the Four Quarters, Ltd, New York, by 1969] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, July, 1969–2008 [1] [2] [3]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Invoice dated July 8, 1969.
[2] Glassell Album # 4, precedes slide dated "JUL 69".
[3] Jo Ann Griffin, "An Investigation in Joining Metals," Metalurgia de America Precolombina, 45 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas (Bogotá, Colombia: Banco de la Republica, 1985), 362-377.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Published References Jo Ann Griffin, "An Investigation in Joining Metals," Metalurgia de America Precolombina, 45 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas (Bogotá, Colombia: Banco de la Republica, 1985), 362-377. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Gold printed sticker: 84
White sticker: 9467

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