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Vessel with Palace Scene600–900 CE

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Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel painted with a crouching figure, Mayan glyphs, and a low platform or throne, in brick red, black, and orange on a cream slip ground
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with cream slip ground, painted in reddish-brown with a kneeling figure wearing an elaborate headdress, facing a stepped platform with a dark vessel; columns of Maya glyphs border the scene above and at right.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip and dark red painted decoration, featuring a vertical column of Maya glyphs at center and figural scenes on either side, with a red band at the rim.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with painted slip decoration in red and brown on a cream ground, depicting a standing figure in elaborate headdress gesturing toward a large red-banded drum, with Maya glyphs along the upper register and horizontal bands near the base.
Title
Vessel with Palace Scene
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm) Height: 8 in. (20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.670
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Schmidt, Peter, Mercedes de la Garza, and Enrique Nalda, eds. Maya. New York: Rizzoli International, 1998.
  • Houston, Stephen D., and Takeshi Inomata. The Classic Maya. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  • Houston, Stephen D., David Stuart, and Karl A. Taube. The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience Among the Classic Maya. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006.
Selected Exhibition History
  • The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014

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