Skip to main content

Maya

Vessel

Maya, 550-950

Scroll

Maya

Vessel

Maya, 550-950

Physical Qualities Earthenware, red and black pigment, 2 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (6 × 23.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Edith Black, Potomac, Maryland, in Memory of her Husband, Jack Black
Object Number 1997.255
bowl shape with painted decorations in red and black in the interior: zoomorphs on bottom, birds and crustaceans divided by vertical bars in a register around the lip

Inscribed: '1981.44.17' painted in red on white ground and 'P-163' in black on bottom

Culture

Maya

2000–2000

Meet Maya →

Explore the Collection Further

Maya
Eccentric flint
600–900
Voania from Muba
Vessel with Human Figure
1887–1927
Maya
Shell assemblage
600–900
June Schwarcz
Vessel #2191
2000
Maya and Jaina
Ancient woman with child
600–900
June Schwarcz
Vessel #963
1986
Maya
Cylinder vase
500–900
Theaster Gates Jr.
Covered Vessel
2014
Maya
Miniature Mask
1524–1798
Shiwan kilns
Storage Vessel
1566–1699
Maya
Cylindrical tripod vessel
550–900
Chopi and Southern Sotho
Four-legged Vessel for a Chief
1900–1932