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Cylinder Vessel600–900 CE

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Unrolled Maya ceramic vessel painting in russet-brown and cream, showing two elaborately dressed seated figures facing each other beneath a band of hieroglyphic glyphs, surrounded by large curling scroll forms
Title
Cylinder Vessel
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 in. (10.16 cm); 8 2/5 x 4 in. (21.336 x 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.916.2
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas

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