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House-Shaped Tobacco Flask with High-Relief Impression600–900 CE

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Small rectangular ceramic vessel with sloped shoulder, short neck, and low-relief molded face mask on the front panel, covered in worn red slip over pale buff clay
Small ceramic vessel with a rectangular body and cylindrical neck, earthen red-orange clay with traces of pigment, decorated with two raised Maya glyph cartouches stacked vertically on the front face, and a row of incised vertical notches below the neck.
Small ceramic vessel with rectangular body and short cylindrical neck, red-slipped surface with cream and terracotta tones, featuring a molded zoomorphic face in low relief on the front panel, with curvilinear appendages extending to each side.
Ceramic vessel with squared body and narrow neck, covered in relief-carved Maya glyphs arranged in a two-column grid, with a notched collar band below the rim; earthen red and cream tones with aged surface.
Title
House-Shaped Tobacco Flask with High-Relief Impression
Culture
Maya
Date Made
600–900 CE
Period
Late Classic Period
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic with postfire-applied pigment
Dimensions
3 1/16 × 2 × 1 3/16 in. (7.78 × 5.08 × 3.02 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Ziff
Accession Number
M.2019.357.9
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas