Pre-Hispanic Collection
Codex Style Vase with characters
IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.159.0010
Category Pots and Containers
01 Photograph Gallery
Photo credits: FLAAR
02 Object Information
- Description
Codex-style polychrome vase (buff, red, and black) decorated with a palace scene featuring three seated anthropomorphic figures. One figure, shown in right profile, holds a spear, while the other two, shown in left profile, gesture toward him. One holds an arm across the chest, and the other carries a bundle, possibly containing textiles. All three wear elaborate feathered headdresses and jewelry, including necklaces, bracelets, and earspools.
- Period
- CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.) Late Classic (650-900 AD).
- Provenance
- Maya Lowlands
- Medium / Material
- Clay
- Technique
- Modeled, Painting, Slip
- Dimensions
03 References and Exhibitions
- References to similar objects
- Exhibitions
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