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Pair of Figure in Flower Ornaments

500–900

Mexico, Yucatán, Jaina Island region, Campeche, Maya style

(250-900)
earthenware with slip
Diameter: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wadhams in memory of Miss Helen Humphreys 1967.155
Location: Not on view

Description

Figures within flowers are one of the most enchanting themes of the Maya ceramic art of Jaina, an island off the western Yucatán coast. The figures, usually males who cross their arms over their bodies, are either radiantly youthful or aged (as here), suggesting a relationship to the life cycle.
  • “Year in Review.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 54, no. 10 (December 1967): 302–346. Reproduced: p. 339; Mentioned: p. 342, no. 36 www.jstor.org
  • Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).
    Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 29- December 31, 1967. "Year in Review, 1967." cat., The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. LIV (December, 1967.) repr. no. 36, p. 342, repr. p. 339.
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