Unknown Central and South American
Incensario Stand

Incensario Stand

Public Domain

Incensario Stand
Artist
CultureMaya
Titles
  • Incensario Stand
Datec. 600–900
PlaceMexico
MediumEarthenware with pigment
Dimensions25 × 11 × 9 in. (63.5 × 27.9 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2018.638
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 Merrin Gallery, New York, by 1970] [1][2]; purchased by private collector; inherited by private collector’s children; purchased by [Merrin Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.

[1] Merrin slide dated July, 1970
[2] Justin Kerr photo dated April, 1970

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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