Maya / Spouted Vessel / 1st century B.C.?1st century A.D.

Maya
Spouted Vessel
1st century B.C.?1st century A.D.
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Creator Nationality: North American; Central American; Mesoamerican; Mayan
Creator Name-CRT: Maya
Title: Spouted Vessel
View: Principal view
Creation Start Date: -10
Creation End Date: 99
Creation Date: 1st century B.C.?1st century A.D.
Creation Place: Mexico or Guatemala
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Materials and Techniques: Indurated limestone
Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Description: The complex design on the body of this vessel includes a figure on each side, one facing up, the other down. The identification of the figures is uncertain, although elements of "wind" and "maize" are present. Sinuous, volutelike masses nearly overwhelm the figures: only their heads, hands, and feet can be easily discerned in the rhythmical rendering of the composition. The specificity of these figures contrasts with the repetitive abstraction of the rim decoration, with in-curving spiral brackets and a T-shape motif that may be an early form of the Maya hieroglyph for wind. A hieroglyphic inscription appears on the spout; while not fully deciphered, it contains a dedication of the vessel. Carved from indurated (compacted) limestone, the vessel is a rare example of such a spouted container in stone. Exceptional works in stone of this sort are identified with the Mexico-Guatemala highlands during the centuries when the great sites of Kaminaljuyú and Izapa flourished.
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York
ID Number: 1999.484.3
Credit Line: Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 1999
Copyright: Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art . All rights reserved.
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp
AMICA ID: MMA_.1999.484.3
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright (c) 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved

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