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Vessel with Animated Fig Plant

Vessel with Animated Fig Plant

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Vessel with Animated Fig Plant
Artist
CultureMaya
Titles
  • Vessel with Animated Fig Plant
Date600–900 AD
Possible placeGuatemala
Possible placeMexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 × 3 1/2 dia. in. (22.2 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll in honor of Frances and Peter C. Marzio's 25th anniversary with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Object number2008.611
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Kansas City, before 1970–1985; purchased by [Huber Primitive Art, Dixon, IL, 1985–1991]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, March 10, 1991–2008; given to MFAH, 2008.
Exhibition HistoryThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on loan, January 28, 2004–November 17, 2008, when accessioned as gift.
Published References mayavase.com, file no. K4572 (added on December 28, 1999, but photographed on March 3, 1990). Kerr, Justin. The Maya Vase Book: A Corpus of Rollout Photographs of Maya Vases. New York: Kerr Associates, 1992. Volume 4, page 555. Boot, Erik. "A Short Epigraphic Analysis of the Hieroglyphic Text on a Tripod Plate in a Private Collection (Guatemala). Essays Related to Maya Topics (2005). Page 4. http://research.mayavase.com/kerrportfolio.html Breaking the Maya Code (a feature documentary of David Lebrun). Night Fire Films with Arte France, Los Angeles, 2008. Kerr Rollout photo shown on screen. Fitzsimmons, James L. Death and the Classic Maya Kings. Austin: The University of Texas Press, 2009. Page 27, figure 12. Krempel, Gruido and Matteo, Sebastian. "Painting Styles of North-Eastern Peten from a Local Perspective: The Palace Schools of Yax We'en Chan K'inch, Lord of Xultun." Contributions in New World Archaeology 3 (2012). Page 153, figure 6a.

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