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Doubled-chambered portrait bottle

A.D. 500–900 / 20th century
Object PlacePerú
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: black surface encrustation (slip paint?)
Dimensions19.8 x 23 cm (7 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit LineEverett Fund
Accession number79.3
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1879, sold by C. A. Wellington, Household Art Rooms, Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 7, 1879)

NOTE: Six pieces of Peruvian pottery were purchased together for $95.
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Portrait head bottle
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Jar
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Jar
A.D. 500–1550
Dish
A.D. 700–800
Jar
A.D. 700–1550
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Jaguar effigy whistle
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Plate
A.D. 500–650