Cylindrical tripod vessel with stamped designs and ballplayer motif
Cylindrical tripod vessel with stamped designs and ballplayer motif
Cylindrical tripod vessel with stamped designs and ballplayer motif
Cylindrical tripod vessel with stamped designs and ballplayer motif

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Cylindrical tripod vessel with stamped designs and ballplayer motif,

ca. 500 CE

Maya
Middle Classic Period
1997-23

Information

Title
Cylindrical tripod vessel with stamped designs and ballplayer motif
Dates

ca. 500 CE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 22, diam. 28.2 cm (8 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of the Hans A. Widenmann, Class of 1918, and Dorothy Widenmann Foundation, and the William B. Lucas, Class of 1983, Fund
Object Number
1997-23
Place Made

North America, Guatemala, Esquintla, Maya area

Culture
Maya
Period
Middle Classic
Type
stamping (marking), vessels (containers), ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
ball courts, figures (representations), ball games

Allan L. Long, New York, NY; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 1997.

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