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Tripod vase with incised geometric textile motifs
Maya
Late Classic Period
A.D. 600–700
Object Place: Guatemala
Medium/Technique
Earthenware: red on orange slip paint
Dimensions
17.3 x 14.4 cm (6 13/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Fulling
Accession Number1987.715
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionVessel's exterior is embellished with a diamond pattern, created with wide gouged-incised lines, reminiscent of textiles patterns seem in Classic period scupture and painted ceramics. A wide red slipped band frames the textile design field at the rim and base of the vessel. The vase has small, solid conical-shaped supports.
ProvenanceAbout 1971-1973, purchased in Guatemala by John B. Fulling (b. 1924 – d. 2005), Lighthouse Point, Florida; 1987, year-end gift of John B. Fulling to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 20, 1988)