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

"Brandy Snifter" Bowl

Maker Maya culture (Belize)

Date600-700

Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America

MediumCeramic with pigment

Dimensions4 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. (12.1 x 16.2 cm)

ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment

Credit LineGift of Irvin Ebaugh

Object numberC-74-23

Collections

ANCIENT AMERICAN

DescriptionDistinctive "brandy snifter" shaped bowl on raised circular rim base with slight outward flare at bottom. Jar body rounds outwards to 1/3 height, then tapers inwards and upward for remained of wall. Small nubbin on one side at break. Fibers visible in clay. Thin red band at rim, frieze of black outlined objects deteriorated too far to identify, visible feathers or flames. Broken by vertical bands of red with blade on outside.