Buff clay tripod based vessel with matching fitted cover, brown over-paint with cinnebar decoration; button ("star symbol") decorations surround lower portion of cylindrical vessel and perimeter of lid.

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Lidded Tripod Vase

Artist Guatemalan Artist

Date450-650

Place of originGuatemalan Highlands, Guatemala, North and Central America

MediumCeramic and pigments

Dimensions7 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (19.1 x 17.1 x 17.1 cm)

ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment

Credit LineGift of Lawrence J. and Eileen Cassard, M.D.

Object numberC-82-100

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ANCIENT AMERICAN

Visual DescriptionBuff clay tripod based vessel with matching fitted cover, brown over-paint with cinnebar decoration; button ("star symbol") decorations surround lower portion of cylindrical vessel and perimeter of lid.

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