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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Blackware Vessel with Incised Glyphs
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Blackware Vessel with Incised Glyphs

Place CreatedNorth America
CultureMaya
PeriodLate Classic - Terminal Classic
Date600-900 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions6 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (16 x 13.9 cm)
Object number1991.002.095
Exhibition HistoryCeremonial Objects of Ancient Mexico, The Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, April 28 - September 2, 1984
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesCeremonial Objects of Ancient Mexico (Memphis: The Museum, 1984), 27, number 125.
Rebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 10, figure 6.
Maline Diane Werness, Chochola Ceramics and the Pilities of Northwestern Yucatan. (Ph.D dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010), 280, figure 114.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1972.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas