Vessel with Painted Motifs

Culture: Mixtec
Period: Late Postclassic period, c.1200–1521
Date: c.1200–1400
Material: Ceramic with slip
from: Mexico, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: On View, Gallery 114
Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (32.4 x 36.8 cm)
base diameter: 5 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (14 x 14.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 162:1980

- 1965
Harry A. Franklin Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, USA

1965 - 1980
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Harry A. Franklin Gallery [1]

1980 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated January 2, 1965 from Harry A. Franklin Gallery to Morton D. May documents this purchase, listed as "Mixtec bowl, polychromed, 13"" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] A letter dated April 3, 1980 from Morton D. May to John Peters MacCarthy, president of the Board of Commissioners, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 6, 1980.

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