Vessel in the Form of a Standing Male Figure

Culture: Zapotec
Period: Late Classic period, 600–909
Date: c.600–800
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: 19 x 10 1/4 x 9 in. (48.3 x 26 x 22.9 cm)
base only: 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 180:1979

- 1969
Everett Rassiga (1922–2003), New York, NY, USA

1969 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga [1]

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

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated January 28, 1969 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May documents this purchase, listed as "Six Monte Alban Vessels" [with 305:1978, 175:1979, 178:1979, 179:1979, 1226:1983]. An Entry Record receipt dated March 7, 1969 identifies the objects included in this sale [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger 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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