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Drinking Vessel650–800 CE

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Ceramic cylindrical vessel with cream slip and dark brown painted Mayan glyphs encircling the rim and large-scale figural imagery on the body, showing surface wear and crazing
Ceramic cylindrical vessel with a red-slipped rim, cream ground painted with dark brown Maya figural and glyphic imagery; a band of hieroglyphs runs below the rim above a scene with curvilinear figures and deity heads.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with cream slip and painted black and orange-brown decoration; a band of hieroglyphic glyphs encircles the upper register above large curvilinear figures and Maya glyphs on the body; red-slipped rim at top.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip ground and red rim band, painted in dark brown with a band of hieroglyphic glyphs near the top and larger figural and glyph cartouches below, showing swirling scroll motifs and a seated figure.
Title
Drinking Vessel
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Northern Petén
Date Made
650–800 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 3/4 in. (9.53 cm) Height: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.10
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas

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