Unknown Central and South American
Double Bowl with Abstract Patterns

CultureParacas
Titles
  • Double Bowl with Abstract Patterns
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with polychrome resin paint
Dimensions5 1/2 × 9 7/8 × 10 in. (14 × 25.1 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2531.A,.B
Not on view

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Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 25, 1996, Sale 6921 Pre-Columbian Art, Lot 1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 25, 1996–2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

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front of object
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