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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Polychrome Vessel
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)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Lawrence J. Cassard, M.D.
Object numberC-82-86
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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.
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