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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Vase with Water-Lily Monster
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Vase with Water-Lily Monster

Artist Unknown
CulturePre-Columbian | Maya | Guatemala
Date600-900
MediumTerracotta | Polychrome
DimensionsOverall: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edwin Pearlman and Museum purchase
Object number86.401
Not on view
DescriptionPolychrome vase depicting the Water Lily Monster.

Exhibition History"Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics," The Israel Museum, The Maremont Pavilion of Ethnic Arts, Jerusalem, Spring 1982. "Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Oct. 28 - Dec. 18, 1983. Published ReferencesMichael D. Coe, _Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of May Ceramics_, (Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1982), no. 7, p. 26-27.