Cylinder vase with palace scene
Artist
Maya artist(s)
CultureMaya
OriginRio Azul region, Northeastern Petén, Guatemala
PeriodLate Classic Period (600-850 CE)
Date650-750
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 21.4 x 8.9 cm (8 7/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
DescriptionMaya chocolate-drinking polychrome vase, Southern Campeche, Late Classic period, of tall slender shape with a seated man and a standing woman serenading a young lord seated on a throne before them. There is a woman holding a tall vase and another attendant behind the throne, with glyphs above and down one side. It is freely painted in black, brown and pale orange on a white ground.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.129
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
On view
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650-750
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