Vessel in the Form of a Seated Figure
- Culture
- Zapotec
- Period
- Late Classic period, 600–909
- Date
- c.600–900
- Material
- Ceramic with pigment
- 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
Provenance
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.
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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