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 viewClassificationsCeramics
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.
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.
A.D. 100–300
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650–750 AD
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1300–1521
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