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Gourd-shaped vase, tecomate

Gourd-shaped vase, tecomate

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Gourd-shaped vase, tecomate
Artist
CultureOlmec
Titles
  • Gourd-shaped vase, tecomate
Date1500–300 BC
PlaceLas Bocas, Puebla, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions3 7/8 × 4 7/8 dia. in. (9.8 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Samuel Merrin in honor of the twentieth anniversary of Frances and Peter C. Marzio at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Object number2002.445
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceSamuel Merrin, New York, until 2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

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Options - for William Christenberry
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97.391
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Stoneware
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Vessel of a Caped Woman
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100 BC–700 AD
Earthenware with slip
91.311
Overall
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Acanthus Torah Finials
late 19th–early 20th century
Silver gilt
2023.606.A,.B
Vase
Taxile Doat
Vase
c. 1900–1902
Porcelain
2018.72
Teapot
Adrian Saxe
Teapot
1989
Hard-paste porcelain
90.254.A,.B
Image provided by curatorial.
Unknown Ottoman
Torah Finials
mid–late 19th century
Silver
2023.612.A,.B
Image Not Available for Three Kachinas
V. C. Lawasewa (Frank Vacit)
Three Kachinas
1930–1939
Tempera on wove paper
44.305
Unknown Central and South American