Portrait-Head Vessel

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Portrait-Head Vessel
Datec. 400–600 AD
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions13 × 7 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (33 × 18.4 × 21 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Museum Collectors
Object number89.107
Not on view

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ProvenanceMargrit Brenner, Zurich, Switzerland, before 1989 [1]; [David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, by 1989]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.

[1] Letter dated April 4, 1989. Misspelled as "Magritte Brenner."
Exhibition History"Patrons Choice: The Silver Anniversary of The Museum Collectors, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston." The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 18, 2004–January 30, 2005. Millennium Gallery and Public Corridor.

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