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Portrait head bottle
Portrait head bottle

Portrait head bottle

A.D. 50–800 / 20th century
Object PlacePerú
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: black surface encrustation (slip paint?)
Dimensions26.7 x 14.5 x 17.5 cm (10 1/2 x 5 11/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit LineEverett Fund
Accession number79.4
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)

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