Vase with Two Scenes of the Maize God

CultureMaya
Titles
  • Vase with Two Scenes of the Maize God
Datec. 600–900
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions7 1/2 × 5 in. diameter (19.1 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll in memory of Clytie Allen
Object number2019.680
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Object Type
Provenance[André Emmerich (1924-2007), New York by 1968] [1]; purchased by John Henry Hauberg, Jr. (1917-2002), Seattle, WA, 1968-1983 [1]; [Sotheby’s, New York, May 12-13, 1983, lot 94] [2]; purchased by private collection, New York, 1983-2017; [The Merrin Gallery Inc., New York, 2017-2019]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, February 13, 2019; given to MFAH, 2019.

[1] Emmerich invoice dated June 12, 1968 (University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, The John Hauberg papers, Accession 2850-007, Box 13, Folder 9).
[2] Sotheby's catalog, New York, May 12-13.

Exhibition History"The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF)," Maastricht, Netherlands, March 10–18, 2018.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, permanent exhibition, April 2018, when accessioned as gift.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Two horizontal columns of glyphs divide the seated figures. These glyphs all contain the same prefix (phonetic y-), suggesting that the glyphs do not form a legible text. They are called pseudo-glyphs - repeated glyph elements made to look like a full inscription.
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