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House-Shaped Tobacco Flask Depicting Lord with Tobacco Plant600–900 CE

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Small rectangular ceramic vessel with pale gray slip, featuring a raised relief panel painted in terracotta red-orange depicting a complex interlocking figure with scrollwork headdress
Small rectangular ceramic vessel with a short cylindrical neck, cream-colored slip with traces of red pigment, featuring a deeply molded relief panel on the front depicting standing figures with elaborate headdresses against a red-painted ground, in Maya ceramic tradition.
Title
House-Shaped Tobacco Flask Depicting Lord with Tobacco Plant
Culture
Maya
Date Made
600–900 CE
Period
Late Classic Period
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic with postfire-applied stucco and pigment
Dimensions
4 × 2 1/2 × 1 5/16 in. (10.16 × 6.35 × 3.33 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Ziff
Accession Number
M.2019.357.6
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas