Tripod Vase

Tripod Vase

Public Domain

CultureVeracruz
Titles
  • Tripod Vase
Date900–1520 AD
Alternate place nameOaxaca, Mexico
Alternate place nameChiapas, Mexico
PlaceVeracruz, Mexico
MediumOnyx-marble
Dimensions6 3/16 × 2 7/8 (diameter) in.

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ralph S. O'Connor in honor of her cousins, Louisa Stude Sarofim and Mike Stude
Object number86.411
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceMaconda Brown O'Connor (1930–2012), Houston, until 1986; given to MFAH, 1986.

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