Unknown Central and South American
Reclining Feline Vessel

Reclining Feline Vessel

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Reclining Feline Vessel
Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Reclining Feline Vessel
Date100–300 AD
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions7 1/2 × 8 5/8 × 5 5/8 in. (19.1 × 21.9 × 14.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2005.977
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, by 1969]; Private collection, Indiana; Robert Huber and Marianne Huber, Dixon, Illinois; [The Merrin Gallery, New York, 2005]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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