Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Polychrome Vessel

Maker Maya culture (Guatemala, Peten)

Date700-850

Made/manufacturedPeten, North and Central America

MediumCeramic with pigment

Dimensions2 3/4 x 7 x 7 in. (7 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm)

ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment

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

Object numberC-82-86

Collections

ANCIENT AMERICAN

DescriptionBowl with flat bottom, "bill" hole broken through center of bottom, walls rise vertical from base, flaring outward for upper 1/4 to rim; red interior, red band on exterior rim, frieze with two large panels bordered by red vertical bands, small panel of glyphs, large panels have red and black water birds, long sinuous neck, bulbous beaks, wings outstretched.