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Loan Object
Public domain
Artist: Unknown

Jar with Cut Maguey Leaves

300 B.C.–A.D. 300

Ceramic

17.78 × 34.29 × 34.29 cm (7 × 13 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.) Leaves min and max width: 11.71 cm (4 5/8 in.) other: 13.59 cm (5 3/8 in.)
Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2014.8.125
Geography: 
Made in Mexico
Status: 
On view
Culture: 
Mexico, Colima, Comala Style
Period: 
Protoclassic Period
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance: 

Sothebys, November 15, 1994, sale #6625.
Edward Thorpe, New York.
Thomas Jaffee, New York, 2005.

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