Shallow Bowl

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CultureMoche (possibly)

Titles

Shallow Bowl

Date100–800 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/8 × 5 3/8 in. (5.4 × 13.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2002.4328

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceVery likely an Andre Emmerich piece;
(Lot # 93 from the Sotheby Parke-Bernet Inc. auction of Pre-Columbian Art, Saturday, May 19, 1973)
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4328

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