Carved Stone Vessel
700–1000
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Carved Stone Vessel, 700–1000. Northwest Honduras, Ulúa Valley, 8th-10th century. Marble; overall: 27 x 30.3 x 17.4 cm (10 5/8 x 11 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1990.9 Carved in the round, the vessel's handles suggest a feline that emerges from a serpent-like head with an upturned snout.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- marble
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- Overall: 27 x 30.3 x 17.4 cm (10 5/8 x 11 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1990.9
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Notable Acquisitions, Treasures of the New World, <em>On the Edge of the Maya World</em>, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (February 23- May 31, 1992).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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