Drinking vessel with figural scene and hieroglyphs
Drinking vessel with figural scene and hieroglyphs
Drinking vessel with figural scene and hieroglyphs
Drinking vessel with figural scene and hieroglyphs
Uk’ib (drinking cup) depicting a mythological scene
Drinking vessel with figural scene and hieroglyphs
Drinking vessel with figural scene and hieroglyphs
Drinking vessel with figural scene and hieroglyphs
Drinking vessel with figural scene and hieroglyphs
Fragmentary cylinder vessel

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Drinking vessel with figural scene and hieroglyphs,

600–800

Maya (Chocholá style)
Late Classic Period
2016-13

Information

Title
Drinking vessel with figural scene and hieroglyphs
Dates

600–800

Medium
Ceramic with traces of red pigment
Dimensions
h. 14.7, diam. 14.5 cm (5 13/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Peter Jay Sharp, Class of 1952, Fund and gift of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-13
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Yucatán or Campeche, Maya area, Chocholá/Maxcanu vicinity

Reference Numbers
K4477
MS1411
Culture
Maya
Period
Late Classic
Type
ceramics, cups
Materials
red pigment, ceramic
Subject
figures (representations), iconography, hieroglyphics, nobility

<1966, 1974-present Collection of Gillett G. Griffin (lent to PUAM, L.1966.160; L.1974.68.1); Before 1966 Presumably Aaron Furman, New York (rubbings and Griffin reproductions filed under Furman in departmental records, but no invoice present); round silver sticker on bottom labelled M14 accords with other Furman objects in collection

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