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Painted Vase with Ruler and Scribe
600–900
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Among Maya noble families, finely painted ceramic vessels were used as fancy tableware, treasured gifts that secured the support of allies, and funerary offerings placed in tombs. Accordingly, the vessels’ imagery varies from religious themes to scenes of courtly life. Here, two attendants kneel before an enthroned nobleman who wears an enormous bird-head headdress.
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- Title: Painted Vase with Ruler and Scribe
- Date Created: 600–900
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 24.5 x 10.5 cm (9 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: (Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, 1972, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener), James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.181
- Medium: pottery with burnished, colored slips
- Fun Fact: A string of death glyphs below the rim departs from the Primary Standard Sequence.
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: Guatemala, Northern Peten or Mexico, Southern Campeche, Maya, late Classic
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
- Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
- Accession Number: 1990.181
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