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Vessel with Supernatural Palace Scene600–900 CE

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Painted Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with cream slip ground, decorated with two figures in rust-red and orange interacting across a platform, with Maya glyphs above
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with cream slip ground, painted in red-orange, black, and brown. Upper register depicts a supernatural figure with an elaborate headdress and curling serpentine forms; lower register shows scrolled and geometric glyphs. Horizontal orange bands divide the registers.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip, painted in red-orange and black with figural and glyphic imagery; a band of glyphs runs along the upper rim above a scene with a reclining figure and serpentine forms divided by vertical red-orange panels.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip ground, painted in orange, red, and black. A crouching jaguar-like supernatural figure with an open mouth dominates the scene, accompanied by a partially visible standing figure at right. A band of Maya glyphs runs along the upper register, framed by red horizontal borders at top and bottom.
Title
Vessel with Supernatural Palace Scene
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Belize or Guatemala
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm); 8 1/2 x 5 3/10 x 4 in. (21.59 x 13.462 x 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.865
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Exhibition History
  • The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014
  • The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014