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Flask with Glyphs and Seated Figures

CultureMaya
Titles
  • Flask with Glyphs and Seated Figures
Date600–900 AD
Possible placeEl Salvador
Possible placeGuatemala
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
On view

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Object Type
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.
Published References None known.

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