Cylinder vase with abstract figures
Artist
Maya artist(s)
CultureMaya
OriginUlua Valley, Honduras
PeriodLate Classic Period (600-850 CE)
Date700-850
MediumEarthenware, white slip, red pigment, orange pigment, black pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 23.5 x 16.8 cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.)
DescriptionMaya (Honduran) painted and incised vase, Late Classic period, with a wide central band of standing figures alternating with kneeling figures. They are flanked by two carved cartouches enclosing avial (?) heads, and with carved and painted bands above and below. It is painted in reddish-brown, black and orange on a pale orange ground.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.143
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Nicoya artist(s)
1200-1400
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Artist / Maker: Moche artist(s)
100-700
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Artist / Maker: Chupícuaro artist(s)
300 BCE - 100 CE
Object number: G83.1.25.1 -2
