Cylinder Vessel with Palace Scene

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Cylinder Vessel with Palace Scene

Guatemala, Petén, Dos Pilas or vicinity, lk style, Maya, 740–800 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire pigment
Height: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm); Diameter: 5 1/8 in. (13.02 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2010.115.12)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Currently on public view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1 MAP IT
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1

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