Cleveland Museum of Art
Cylindrical Vessel with Palace Scene
- Date
- 600–900
- Medium
- earthenware with colored slips
- Culture
- Mexico or Central America, Maya
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The scene here may commemorate a special event in the life of a Maya ruler, who stands on a stairway before his throne, his legs framed by a litter on the ground. His gesture and the jaguar pelt at the waist visually unify him with his attendants. The ruler perhaps used the vessel as a drinking cup on important occasions; fine ceramics also served as gifts and as offerings in tombs.
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