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Cylindrical tripod vessel with stamped designs and ballplayer motif,
ca. A.D. 500

Maya

Middle Classic

1997-23

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Title

Cylindrical tripod vessel with stamped designs and ballplayer motif

Dates

ca. A.D. 500

Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

h. 22.0 cm., diam. 28.2 cm. (8 11/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, gift of the Hans A. Widenmann, Class of 1918, and Dorothy Widenmann Foundation, and the William B. Lucas, Class of 1983, Fund

Object Number

1997-23

Place Made

North America, Guatemala, Esquintla, Maya area

Culture

Maya

Period

Middle Classic

Type

vessels (containers), ceramics, stamping (marking)

Materials

ceramic

Subject

figures (representations), ball games, ball courts

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1997," in "A Window into Collecting American Folk Art: The Edward Duff Balken Collection at Princeton," special issue, <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 57, no. 1/2 (1998): p. 164-208., pp. 172–173 (illus.)

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Maya, Middle Classic, ca. A.D. 500, Esquintla, Maya area, Guatemala, Mesoamerica, Cylindrical tripod vessel with stamped designs and ballplayer motif. Ceramic; 22 x 28.2 cm. Museum purchase, gift of the Hans A. Widenmann, Class of 1918, and Dorothy Widenmann Foundation, and the William B. Lucas, Class of 1983, Fund (1997-23) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/10542

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