Polychrome Vase

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Culture Maya

Culture Ulúa

Title Polychrome Vase

Date 700–800

Medium Clay with pigment

Dimensions rim diameter: 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm)
Object: 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm)
Overall: 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Braunstein, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 84.64

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Although other pigments, made from clays and minerals, where available to artists the pigments used here, red, black and a creamy yellow are the most common. Maya artists were given flexibility in their work, styles changed over time and preferred artists were rewarded with more commissions.

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"Polychrome Vase | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=84.64