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Blackware Vase with Deity Heads600–900 CE

Not on view
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with carved low-relief glyphs along the rim and a figural scene below, in mottled reddish-brown and gray slip
Stone relief panel with two carved Maya glyphic cartouches side by side, each depicting curvilinear zoomorphic figures in low relief; a band of Maya hieroglyphs runs along the top edge.

Unknown, Blackware Vase with Deity Heads, 600–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, Photo © Justin Kerr (#K5059)

Title
Blackware Vase with Deity Heads
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 in. (10.16 cm); 6 x 4 x 4 in. (15.24 x 10.16 x 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.67
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas