Vessel in the Form of a Duck
- Culture
- Las Bocas
- Date
- c.1200–900 BCE
- Material
- Ceramic
- made in
- Puebla state, Mexico, North and Central America
- Classification
- Ceramics, containers
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 4 x 4 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (10.2 x 11.1 x 19.4 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Contact Us
- Object Number
- 68:1980
Provenance
1950s-60s - 1969
George Pepper (1913–1969), Mexico City, Mexico [1]
1969 - 1970
Jeanette Pepper (1918–2016), Los Angeles, CA, USA, by inheritance [2]
1970 - 1980
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Jeanette Pepper, through agent Everett Rassiga (1922–2003) [see note 2]
1980 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [3]
Notes:
[1] Although it is not known exactly when Pepper acquired this object, he is not known to have collected Ancient American art until he lived in Mexico City, his residence from 1951 until his death in 1969 [SLAM document files].
[2] An invoice from Everett Rassiga, Inc. in New York, NY dated February 10, 1970 records the purchase of the Pepper Collection from Jeanette Pepper, widow of George Pepper [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[3] A letter from Morton D. May to John Peters MacCarthy dated April 3, 1980 records this donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Administrative Board of Control, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 6, 1980.
George Pepper (1913–1969), Mexico City, Mexico [1]
1969 - 1970
Jeanette Pepper (1918–2016), Los Angeles, CA, USA, by inheritance [2]
1970 - 1980
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Jeanette Pepper, through agent Everett Rassiga (1922–2003) [see note 2]
1980 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [3]
Notes:
[1] Although it is not known exactly when Pepper acquired this object, he is not known to have collected Ancient American art until he lived in Mexico City, his residence from 1951 until his death in 1969 [SLAM document files].
[2] An invoice from Everett Rassiga, Inc. in New York, NY dated February 10, 1970 records the purchase of the Pepper Collection from Jeanette Pepper, widow of George Pepper [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[3] A letter from Morton D. May to John Peters MacCarthy dated April 3, 1980 records this donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Administrative Board of Control, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 6, 1980.
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