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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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
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.
about 1919–20
13th century
1750–52
1750–52