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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Cylinder Vessel with Eye Motifs
© 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

Cylinder Vessel with Eye Motifs

Place CreatedGuatemala, North America
CultureMaya
PeriodLate Classic
Date550-830 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineAnonymous gift in honor of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions7 1/8 x 4 3/16 in. (18.1 x 10.7 cm)
Object number1996.003.011
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, November 1996 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca 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), 12, figure 12.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, purchased from Spencer Throckmorton [Fine Arts of Ancient Lands], New York, New York, 1984 or 1985.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas