Aryballos

CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Aryballos
Date1400–1532 AD
Possible placePeru
Possible placeChile
Possible placeBolivia
Possible placeEcuador
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/4 × 9 3/4 × 9 in. (31.1 × 24.8 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2007.1201
Not on view

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ProvenanceArundel Collection, Southern California, from the 1960s; [Leonard Kalina Fine Arts, by 2007]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.

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