Drinking Vessel

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Drinking Vessel

Guatemala, Northern Petén, Maya, 650–800 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic
Diameter: 4 1/16 in. (10.32 cm) Height: 5 1/8 in. (13.02 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2010.115.7)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Robicsek, Francis, and Donald M. Hales. The Maya Book of the Dead: The Ceramic Codex: The Corpus of Codex Style Ceramics of the Late Classic Period. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Art Museum, 1981.
  • Robicsek, Francis, and Donald M. Hales. The Maya Book of the Dead: The Ceramic Codex: The Corpus of Codex Style Ceramics of the Late Classic Period. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Art Museum, 1981.
  • Reents-Budet, Dorie.  Painting the Maya Universe:  Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period.  Durham:  Duke University Press, 1994.
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