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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.
Title
Blackware Vase with Deity Heads
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala or Honduras.
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