Unknown Central and South American
Kneeling Warrior Effigy Vessel

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureMoche

Titles

Kneeling Warrior Effigy Vessel

Date100–800 AD

PlacePeru

MediumTerra cotta with slip

Dimensions9 1/2 × 6 3/8 × 8 1/4 in. (24.1 × 16.3 × 21 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. in honor of Frances Marzio

Object number2004.1352

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

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CERAMICS

ProvenanceDaniel Friedenberg (1923–2011), Greenwich, Connecticut and New York City/John Platt, from the 1970s; Private collection, Texas; [Sotheby's, New York, November 5, 1980, Fine Pre-Columbian Art Auction, Sale 4457Y, Lot 52]; [...]; [Leonard Kalina Fine Arts, by 2004]; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"The John Platt Collection of Pre-Columbian Art" at the University of Virginia Art Museum, 1986.
"A Cosmic View: Pre-Columbian Art From The John Platt Collection" at the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Ct., September 25, 1994–January 8, 1995

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