Vessel in the Form of a Seated Figure

Culture: Zapotec
Period: Late Classic period, 600–909
Date: c.600–900
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: 14 in. (35.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 141:1979

by 1970 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, USA [1]

1979 -
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 1970.97, SLAM document files].

[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood records the donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 10, 1979.

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