Vase with Two Mythological Scenes

Vase with Two Mythological Scenes

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Vase with Two Mythological Scenes
CultureMaya
Titles
  • Vase with Two Mythological Scenes
Date600–900
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions6 × 6 in. diameter (15.2 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2016.146
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
Provenance[Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, c.1968–c.1973]; Private collection, New York c.1973–2016; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, 2016]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition History"Ancient Maya Calligraphy," The Grolier Club, New York, April 20–June 5, 1971.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Label on bottom: Edward H Merrin / Gallery / CM5
Label on bottom: CM / 257

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