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Carved Vessel Depicting a Lord Wearing a Water-Lily Headdress by Maya — VisualArtsDB

Carved Vessel Depicting a Lord Wearing a Water-Lily Headdress

Carved Vessel Depicting a Lord Wearing a Water-Lily Headdress

600–800

Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 15.2 cm (6 in.)
Genre: vessel for serving drinks
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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mesoamericanamericasMythologyancestorsmodeling (forming)vesselsearthenwarevesselwaterpainting (image making)late classicceramicsmayanmayainorganic materialwaterlillyclassicArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianblackware (black basaltes)mythological figuresceramicvessel for serving drinksart of the americas

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