Seated Female

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CultureClassic Veracruz

Titles

Seated Female

Date600–900 AD

MediumEarthenware with traces of polychrome pigment

Dimensions20 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 16 in. (52.1 × 41.9 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2014.252

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

On view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

SCULPTURE

Provenance[The Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, by 1968] [1]; Cedric "Duke" Marks (1904–1999) and Theresa "Daisy" Marks (1907–2002), New York; [The Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, 1984]; Lucille and Martin Cantor, New York; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, until 2014]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.

[1] Testamentary letter by Jaime Garcia, restorer, dated September 26, 2013.

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