Miniature Straight-sided Bowl with Abstract Aligator Motif

A.D. 1450/1532

Inca
South coast or southern highlands, Peru

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Culture: Inca
Title: Miniature Straight-sided Bowl with Abstract Aligator Motif
Origin: Peru, southern
Date: 1450–1532
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 5.9 x 19.4 cm (2 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Reference Number: 1955.2207

Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from [History of the Department report (Joanne Behrens, 1985) and correspondence in curatorial file]; by descent to his children Mercedes Gaffron, Berlin then Durham S.C. and Hans Gaffron (1902–1979), Berlin then Chicago [correspondence and documentation of the Gaffron Collection in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute, 1955.

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