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Tobacco Flask with Mold-Impressed Glyphic Text600–900 CE

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Small pre-Columbian ceramic vessel with trapezoidal body, pale tan slip over red pigment, and dense raised-relief glyphs surrounding a central arched niche
Small ceramic vessel with flat, trapezoidal body and narrow neck, decorated in low relief with a raised arch framing a recessed niche, surrounded by Mesoamerican glyphic motifs; cream slip with red-orange pigment accents.
Title
Tobacco Flask with Mold-Impressed Glyphic Text
Culture
Maya
Date Made
600–900 CE
Period
Late Classic Period
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic with postfire-applied pigment
Dimensions
3 1/16 × 2 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (7.78 × 6.35 × 3.49 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Ziff
Accession Number
M.2019.357.17
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas