Unknown Central and South American
Vase with Two Scenes of the Maize God

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

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

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

CERAMICS

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, on loan, May 23, 2018–November 18, 2019, 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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