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

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Transatlantic Exchange and Its Legacies
Small rectangular ceramic vessel with a projecting frieze band near the neck and a vivid orange-red recessed panel bearing a low-relief figure in an elaborate headdress
Ceramic vessel with square body and narrow cylindrical neck, buff-colored clay with a molded panel of red-slipped low-relief glyphic and figural imagery on the front face, showing a stacked zoomorphic or deity visage with scrolls and circular elements; worn surface with earthen deposits.
Ceramic vessel with square body and narrow cylindrical neck, cream-colored slip over earthenware with a recessed orange-painted panel featuring a molded low-relief figure in Maya style, with notched rim detail along the shoulder.
Ceramic vessel with square body and narrow cylindrical neck, cream-slipped exterior with a molded relief panel in orange-red showing stacked Maya glyphic and figural imagery, including a profile face with elaborate headdress.
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 pigment
Dimensions
3 7/8 × 2 1/8 × 1 9/16 in. (9.84 × 5.4 × 3.97 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Ziff
Accession Number
M.2019.357.7
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas