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Double-spouted bottle

A.D. 200–350

Object PlacePerú

Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: red, orange, beige, white, gray, brown and black slip paint

Dimensions20.4 x 15.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Accession number2001.146

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ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Americas

ProvenanceBetween the early 1940s and late 1950s, probably acquired in Peru by Bernhard Kummel (b. 1919 - d. 1980), Cambridge, MA [see note]; late 1950s, sold by Bernhard Kummel to an anonymous collection; 2001, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 21, 2001)

NOTE: The Boston Globe reported ("South America's Rainy Jungle Less Dangerous than Harvard Square," November 17, 1957) on the time Dr. Kummel, a Harvard professor of geology, spent in Peru. He and his wife are pictured holding Peruvian vessels from their collection.