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Tetrapod cylinder vessel

A.D. 350–550
Object PlaceMexico or Guatemala
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: black slip paint
Dimensions14.8 x 19.7 cm (5 13/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Landon T. Clay
Accession number1972.1171b
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.
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