Tripod Vessel

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Tripod Vessel

Guatemala or Mexico, Northern Peten or Southern Campeche, Maya, 650–800 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic
Diameter: 4 3/10 in. (10.922 cm); 4 3/10 x 4 3/10 x 4 in. (10.922 x 10.922 x 10.16 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2010.115.38)
Art of the Ancient Americas
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.