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Lid of tetrapod vessel

A.D. 350–550

Object PlaceMexico or Guatemala

Medium/TechniqueMonochrome blackware

Dimensions10.7 x 20.9 cm (4 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Landon T. Clay

Accession number1972.1172a

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ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Americas

ProvenanceBy June, 1972, Alphonse Jax (dealer), New York [see note]; September 13, 1972, sold by Jax to Landon T. Clay, Boston; 1972, gift of Landon Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 1972)

NOTE: The vessel was said at the time of the sale to have been brought into the United States in 1969.