Cylinder vase
A.D. 650–800
Object PlaceDepartment of El Petén, Guatemala
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with red, orange, gray (perhaps originally green)and black on cream slip paint
DimensionsOverall (H x D): 19.1 x 9.2 cm (7 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Landon T. Clay
Accession number2004.2203
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceSeptember 25, 1979, sold by Alphonse Jax (dealer), New York, to Landon T. Clay, Boston [see note]; 2004, year-end gift of Landon T. Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 23, 2005)
NOTE: The vase was studied as part of the Maya Ceramics Project (Smithsonian Institution) in the 1970s.
NOTE: The vase was studied as part of the Maya Ceramics Project (Smithsonian Institution) in the 1970s.
A.D. 550–650
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