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Cylinder vase

A.D. 700–800

Object PlaceUaxactún area, Department of El Petén, Guatemala

Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with black on orange slip paint and incised decoration

DimensionsOverall (H x D): 21.3 x 10.8 cm (8 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Landon T. Clay

Accession number2004.2202

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ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Americas

ProvenanceBy 1972, sold by Lee Moore (dealer), Miami, to Landon T. Clay, New Hampshire [see note]; 2004, year-end gift of Landon T. Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 23, 2005)

NOTE: According to the donor at the time of the gift. The vase was studied as part of the Maya Ceramics Project (Smithsonian Institution) in the 1970s.

Donor's statement is confirmed by D. Reents-Budet; the paste composition sample number is MS0051. The sample was taken by Ronald L. Bishop (retired; Smithsonian Institution) in the 1970s.