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Chamá-style cylinder vase, Late Classic Period, 700-800 AD (earthenware)

Chamá-style cylinder vase, Late Classic Period, 700-800 AD (earthenware)
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Chamá-style cylinder vase, Late Classic Period, 700-800 AD (earthenware)

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Mayan

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Medium

earthenware

Date

700 AD - 800 AD (C7th AD - C8th AD)

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13.5x18.6 cms

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The vessel is decorated with two representations of the underworld supernatural called Camazotz’ in the Popol Vuh epic. Each representation is separated by a vertical line of three hieroglyphics, each being the opening phrases of the Primary Standard Sequence. The vessel is encircled by a chevron band at its rim and basal area, a stylistic feature of pottery made in the Chamá area of southern Guatemala. Earthenware: red, brown, black, and white on orange slip paint

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Photograph © 2024 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All rights reserved. / William Francis Warden Fund / Bridgeman Images

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