Cylinder vase
A.D. 650–800
Place of ManufactureEl Petén, Guatemala
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: dark red and orange on cream slip paint
Dimensions23 x 9.6 cm (9 1/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Landon T. Clay
Accession number1988.1181
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Tikal and Naranjo pottery features the Maize god, but the painting styles differ. Naranjo vessels portray the Maize god's dance of creation. Its artists preferred a restricted palette and filled almost all of the pictorial space.
ProvenanceBetween about 1974 and 1981, probably purchased in Guatemala by John B. Fulling (b. 1924 – d. 2005), The Art Collectors of November, Inc., Pompano Beach, FL; May 20, 1987, sold by John B. Fulling to Landon T. Clay, Boston; 1988, year-end gift of Landon Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 1989)
NOTE: This is one in a group of Maya artifacts (MFA accession nos. 1988.1169 – 1988.1299) known as the “November Collection” after John Fulling’s company, the Art Collectors of November, Inc. John Fulling sold this group of objects to MFA donor Landon Clay in 1987, and they were given to the Museum the following year.
Evidence suggests that John Fulling built the November Collection from sources in Guatemala between 1974 and 1981. Only a portion of what he acquired during this time came to the MFA in 1988. It is not possible to determine precisely which objects were acquired when or from whom.
NOTE: This is one in a group of Maya artifacts (MFA accession nos. 1988.1169 – 1988.1299) known as the “November Collection” after John Fulling’s company, the Art Collectors of November, Inc. John Fulling sold this group of objects to MFA donor Landon Clay in 1987, and they were given to the Museum the following year.
Evidence suggests that John Fulling built the November Collection from sources in Guatemala between 1974 and 1981. Only a portion of what he acquired during this time came to the MFA in 1988. It is not possible to determine precisely which objects were acquired when or from whom.
A.D. 400–500
A.D. 300–700
A.D. 650–800
650–750 AD
AD 400–500
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A.D. 725–760
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A.D. 500–1550
A.D. 650–800