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Cylinder Vessel with Sun Deity (Tonatiuh)

550 - 900 CE
6th-10th century
5 3/4 in. x 5 3/4 in. (14.61 cm x 14.61 cm)

Maya, Mexican, (550 CE–900 CE)

Object Type: Pre-Columbian
Medium and Support: Ceramic, polychrome
Credit Line: Gift of William O. Gross Jr.
Accession Number: 1986.070

Object Description
Vase of light colored clay with designs in black, orange, brown and yellow. Upper bank of black with glyphs below band. Major design is two priests in ornate costumes making offering. The priests are in sitting position amid other objects. Earspools, decorated face with appearance of tongue sticking out. Interior of base is yellow with orange-red upper band. Vase tapers at bottom. Some erosion of design. Gross No. 187 MN

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