The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Pedestal Bowl

Pedestal Bowl

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Pedestal Bowl

Date:: 6th–8th century
Geography:: Peru
Culture:: Moche
Medium:: Ceramic
Dimensions:: Overall: 7 in. (17.78 cm) Other: 10 1/4 in. (26.04 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics-Containers
Credit Line:: Gift of Nathan Cummings, 1963
Accession Number:: 63.226.5

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Provenance

Bruno J. Wassermann-San Blas Collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina, acquired by 1938, until 1954; Nathan Cummings, Chicago, 1954–1963
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