New photography captured by Shannon Ruff with a digital camera - 2006.

Appliqued Ceramic Urn

Artist Unknown

CultureGuatemala | Maya | Pre-Columbian

Date300-600

MediumTerracotta

DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (17.1 x 21.6 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Object number78.644

Collections

Ancient American Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 105

DescriptionAppliqued ceramic urn; frontal image depicts an Early Classic version of G1 of the Palenque Triad of Gods with Ix (Jaguar) markings. Vertical crack in back side extending across bottom. Traces of polychrome on front, charring at bottom rear.

Published ReferencesSelected for _Chrysler Museum Handbook_, 12/1980.