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Bird effigy vessel

900–600 BC
Object PlaceMexico
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: black slip paint and post-fire red pigment
Dimensions14.5 x 9.7 x 14.4 cm (5 11/16 x 3 13/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number1972.422
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to have belonged to Josué Sáenz, Mexico City [see note]. 1972, sold by the Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 7, 1972)

NOTE: According to curatorial notes.