Miniature Vessel

CultureChavín
Titles
  • Miniature Vessel
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru, South America
MediumAlabaster
Dimensions7/8 × 1 9/16 in. diameter (7.3 × 4.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1313.A,.B
Not on view

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1313

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Assembled
19th or 20th century
Agate
96.1647.A-.C
Cuff-type Miniature Microscope
John Cuff
c. 1760
Brass, glass, ivory, mahogany box
BF.2009.3
Mirror
900–200 BC
Anthracite
2001.1284
Mirror
900–200 BC
Anthracite
2001.1285.1
Snuff Tablet
500–800 AD
Wood
2001.1312
Mirror
900–200 BC
Anthracite
2001.1285.3
Mirror
900–200 BC
Anthracite
2001.1285.2
Lekhokhoma (Snuff Container)
19th century
Horn
2021.114
Vessel
19th or early 20th century
Rock crystal
96.1644
Bannerstone
1000 BC -500 AD
Striated quartzite, aged patina
65.28
Scholar's Water Coup with Stand
19th or 20th century
Turquoise
96.1843.A,.B
Seal
Qing Dynasty (1644–1911 AD)
Jade
96.1842