Duck Vessel

CultureOlmec
Titles
  • Duck Vessel
Date1500–300 BC
PlaceTlatilco, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 8 7/16 × 8 7/8 × 7 1/16 in. (21.5 × 22.5 × 18 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cherie and James C. Flores in honor of William S. Flores, Sr. at "One Great Night in November, 2012"
Object number2012.381
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, Munich and later New York, early 1950s–until d. 1994 [1]; by inheritance to his son, 1994–2012; [Ancient Art of the New World, New York, 2012]; purchased by MFAH, 2012.

[1] Relocated to New York in the late 1960s.
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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