Flask with Glyphs and Seated Figures

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CultureMaya

Titles

Flask with Glyphs and Seated Figures

Date600–900 AD

Possible placeGuatemala

Possible placeEl Salvador

Possible placeHonduras

MediumEarthenware with slip

Dimensions5 × 4 3/4 × 2 1/8 in. (12.7 × 12.1 × 5.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll

Object number2014.77

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

CERAMICS

Provenance[Unknown dealer, United States, before 1980]; sold through Don Bennett's Ethnographic Show in the Sweeny Center, Santa Fe, August 1980; purchased by Robert Huber and Marianne Huber, Dixon, Illinois, 1980–1994; sold through [Huber Primitive Art, Dixon, Illinois]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, May 1, 1994–2014; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition HistoryThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on loan, February 5, 2004–May 19, 2014, when accessioned as gift.

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