Cylinder vase with abstract figures
Artist
Unknown Artist
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
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
MesoamericaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
650-750
Object number: G83.1.113
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
600-800
Object number: G83.1.126