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  • Fruit-Shaped Blackware Vessel
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 4 15/16 in. (20.9 × 13.4 × 12.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Robin and Lela Gibbs in honor of Frances Marzio at "One Great Night in November, 2009"
Object number2009.1498
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
On view

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Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, USA; [Unknown dealer, USA]; [Unknown dealer, USA, 2007–2009]; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, 2009]; purchased by MFAH, 2009.

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Earthenware with slip
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Earthenware with slip
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300 BC–300 AD
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