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Plate
Maya
Classic Period
A.D. 500–650
Object Place: Campeche (?), Mexico
Medium/Technique
Earthenware: red and black on orange slip paint
Dimensions
8.2 x 36.2 cm (3 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John B. Fulling
Accession Number1987.707
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
Catalogue Raisonné
MS1077
DescriptionA snarling jaguar is painted on the interior of the plate. The plate's inner and outer walls are embellished with think bands of red and black slip paint. Alternating red and black bands of tiny triangles are painted on the plate's rim. A low ring base supports the plate.
ProvenanceAbout 1971-1973, purchased in Guatemala by John B. Fulling (b. 1924 – d. 2005), Lighthouse Point, Florida; 1987, year-end gift of John B. Fulling to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 20, 1988)