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Vessel, Mythological Scene, 7th–8th century, Guatemala, Mesoamerica, Maya, Ceramic, H. 5 1/2 x Diam. 4 1/2 in. (14 x 11.4 cm), Ceramics-Containers, This cylindrical drinking cup is the magnum opus of the Maya vase painter. It contains one of the finest extant deity portraits from the Classic Maya corpus. The young rain god, named Chahk, poses mid-stride, lifting off his left foot and extending the right leg in front of him, gracefully pointing his toes.

Vessel, Mythological Scene, 7th–8th century, Guatemala, Mesoamerica, Maya, Ceramic, H. 5 1/2 x Diam. 4 1/2 in. (14 x 11.4 cm), Ceramics-Containers, This cylindrical drinking cup is the magnum opus of the Maya vase painter. It contains one of the finest extant deity portraits from the Classic Maya corpus. The young rain god, named Chahk, poses mid-stride, lifting off his left foot and extending the right leg in front of him, gracefully pointing his toes.
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Caption: Vessel, Mythological Scene, 7th–8th century, Guatemala, Mesoamerica, Maya, Ceramic, H. 5 1/2 x Diam. 4 1/2 in. (14 x 11.4 cm), Ceramics-Containers, This cylindrical drinking cup is the magnum opus of the Maya vase painter. It contains one of the finest extant deity portraits from the Classic Maya corpus. The young rain god, named Chahk, poses mid-stride, lifting off his left foot and extending the right leg in front of him, gracefully pointing his toes
Credit: Album / quintlox
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Image size: 3847 × 5200 px | 57.2 MB
Print size: 32.6 × 44.0 cm | 1514.6 × 2047.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 14 X 11.4 CM • 4 • 5 1/2 • 7TH–8TH CENTURY • AMERICAN INDIANS: MAYA • CERAMIC • CERAMICS • CERAMICS-CONTAINERS • CHAHK • CLASSIC MAYA • CLAY • CONTAINS • CORPUS • CULT, MAYA • CUP • CYLINDRICAL • DEITY • DIAM • DIVINITY • DRINKING • EXTENDING • FINEST EXTANT • FRONT • FRONTAL • GOD • GODHEAD • GODS • GRACEFULLY POINTING • GUATEMALA • H • H. • KERAMEIKOS • LEFT FOOT • LIFTING OFF • MAGNUM OPUS • MAYA CULTURE • MAYA VASE • MAYA • MAYAN • MAYAS • MESOAMERICA • MESOAMERICAN • MYTHOLOGICAL SCENE • NO 4 • NO.4 • PAINTER • PORTRAITS • POSES MID-STRIDE • POTTERIES • POTTERY • RIGHT LEG • STONEWARE • TERRA COTTA • TERRACOTA • TERRACOTTA • TOE • TOES • VESSEL • X • YOUNG RAIN