Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa: July 2011–June 2012
Pot
1996–98
Artist Unidentified, African
Height x diameter: 30.5 x 69 x 7.5 cm (12 x 27 3/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Clay, pigment
Classification: Ceramics
Culture: African, Mamprussi or neighboring peoples, Ghana
Accession number: 2011.1726
Provenance/Ownership History: About 1996/1997, acquired in Ghana by Harriet Epstein, Cape Coast (Ghana) and Newton, MA; 2011, gift of Harriet Epstein to the MFA. (Accession date: September 21, 2011)
Gift of Harriet Epstein