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Fluted Cylinder Vessel650–800 CE

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Tall cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with pale gray-cream slip, incised figural and hieroglyphic designs, and terracotta-red rim and base bands
Tall cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip ground and red-painted rim bands; incised and painted figural scene depicts a richly dressed standing figure wearing an elaborate headdress, surrounded by Maya hieroglyphic glyphs.
Tall cylindrical ceramic vessel with cream-colored slip, incised with Maya figural scenes including standing figures in elaborate regalia and hieroglyphic elements; red-painted rim at top, dark base band.
Title
Fluted Cylinder Vessel
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Northern Petén
Date Made
650–800 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 10 5/8 in. (26.9875 cm) Diameter (Diameter): 3 3/8 in. (8.5725 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost in honor of the museum's 40th anniversary
Accession Number
M.2005.133
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Reents-Budet, Dorie, Sylvaine Boucher Le Landis, Yoly Palomo Carrillo, Ronald L. Bishop, and M. James Blackman. "Codex-style Ceramics: New Data Concerning Patterns of Production and Distribution," in XXIV Symposium of Archaeological Investigations in Guatemala. Guatemala City: Museo Nacional de Arqueología e Etnología, 2010.