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Double-spouted bottle
Double-spouted bottle

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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Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
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.
Tall bowl
A.D. 100–300
Cylinder vase
A.D. 700–800
Cylinder vase
A.D. 650–800
Cylinder vase
A.D. 755–780
Cylinder vase
650–750 AD
Double-spouted bottle
A.D. 200–350
Drinking cup
A.D. 400–500
Tall bowl
A.D. 350–400
Cylinder vase
A.D. 550–850