Unknown Central and South American
Vessel with Two Parrots

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Vessel with Two Parrots
Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Vessel with Two Parrots
Date1100-1450 AD
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 7 5/16 × 5 7/8 in. (18.5 × 15 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2013.84
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceJosef Mueller (1887–1977) Collection, Solothurn, Switzerland, before 1952–until d. 1977; Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva, 1977–2013; [Sotheby's, Paris, "Collection Barbier-Mueller Art Précolombien," March 22, 2013, lot 282]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.

Exhibition History- Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, 30 janvier-24 mars 1992, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, 11 avril-15 juin 1992, Barcelone, Fondation la Caixa, 25 novembre 1992-24 janvier 1993, Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992
- Lisbonne, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 23 mars-4 juin 1995 Barcelone, Museu Barbier-Mueller d’Art Precolombí, 30 octobre-avril 2004, Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, 25 juin-24 octobre 2004, Trésors de la céramique précolombienne du Museo Barbier-Mueller de Arte Precolombino de Barcelona

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