Vessel in the Form of a Seated Figure

Culture: Zapotec
Period: Early Classic period, 250 BCE–600 CE
Date: 200 BCE–200 CE
Material: Ceramic with pigment
from: Oaxaca state, Mexico, North and Central America
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: height: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 504:1978

by 1970 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, USA [1]

1978 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] This work arrived on loan to the Museum from Morton D. May in 1970 [loan number 1970.98, SLAM document files].

[2] Minutes of the Acquistions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 13, 1978.

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