Tripod Bowl with Gods and Calendar Signs

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CultureMixtec

Titles

Tripod Bowl with Gods and Calendar Signs

Date900–1519 AD

PlaceMexico

MediumEarthenware with slip

Dimensions2 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. diameter (6.4 × 8.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll

Object number2014.75

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

CERAMICS

ProvenanceCedric "Duke" Marks (1904–1999) and Theresa "Daisy" Marks (1907–2002), New York, by at least early-1970s–1972 [1]; purchased by [Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, by 1998]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, August 4, 1998–2014; given to MFAH, 2014.

[1] See "Unlikely Couple Write First Play," New York Times, September 8, 1962.
Exhibition HistoryThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on loan, October 16, 2003–May 19, 2014 when accessioned as gift.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Small circular dealer's(?) stamp on the underside

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