Cylinder Vase with Palace Scene
Artist
Unknown Artist
CultureMaya
OriginRio Azul region, Northeastern Peten, Guatemala
PeriodLate Classic Period (600-850 CE)
Date650-750
MediumEarthenware, with slip, red pigment, orange pigment, black pigment, and hand-built.
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
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
MesoamericaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
650-750
Object number: G83.1.113
