Urn with a Seated Ruler

Urn with a Seated Ruler

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Urn with a Seated Ruler
CultureZapotec
Titles
  • Urn with a Seated Ruler
Date100–400 AD
PlaceOaxaca, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (26.7 × 19.1 × 14 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harry C. Hanszen
Object number65.146
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceAlice Nicholson Hanszen (1900–1977), Houston, until 1965; given to MFAH, 1965.

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