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The Bleeding Conch Vase

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Description: The Bleeding Conch Vase

TitleThe Bleeding Conch Vase

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. AD 600–900

Creation date (description)Late classic

Object typeContainer

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsMaya potteryMaya mythology in art

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Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos

Description: Art and Myth of the Ancient Maya

Art and Myth of the Ancient Maya

The pale bodies of four characters—perhaps originally five—stand out against the dense, red background of a lowland Maya ceramic vase, created more than twelve centuries ago (fig. 1). Despite its age, the object preserves considerable detail, except for a section that suffered erosion and, perhaps for that reason, was not...

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Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos

PublisherYale University Press

Copyright© 2017 by Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00019.004

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-17870&redirecttoanchor=30877

Chapter subject tags:Maya mythologyMaya mythology in artMaya language--TextsMaya language--WritingMaya potteryArt, Ancient American

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