Unknown Central and South American
Stepped Beaker

CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Stepped Beaker
Date1200–1532 AD
Possible placePeru
Possible placeChile
Possible placeBolivia
Possible placeEcuador
MediumSilver
Dimensions6 7/8 × 4 5/8 dia. in. (17.5 × 11.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number90.376
Not on view

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ProvenanceAnton Roeckl, Munich [1]; [David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, by 1990]; purchased by MFAH, 1990.

[1] Invoice dated 1/3/1989 [sic]. Written note that it was 1990, not 1989.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "More Precious Than Gold: Silver from Ancient Peru," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from November 3, 2000 to April 22, 2001 (LN:2000.13).

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