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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Codex Style Tripod Bowl
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Codex Style Tripod Bowl

Artist Unknown
CultureGuatemala | Maya | Pre-Columbian
Date600-900
MediumCeramic | Paint
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (11.4 x 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edwin Pearlman
Object number84.357
Not on view
DescriptionCodex style tripod bowl on three temple form feet. Diagonal concave fluted walls; red trim and basal band, painted in black on pale orange. Exterior has a scene of deer with a snake wrapped around it; skeletal deity with coils emanating from its abdomen; T510 Star Jaguar entangled in coils of a second serpent; glyphs (?) adjacent to figures.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
600-900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
600-900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
550-800 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Durand Art Glass
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Durand Art Glass
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Durand Art Glass
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
8th century -7th century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Durand Art Glass