Maya Polychrome Lidded Urn with Seated Figure

Provenance Credit

Provenance William P. Palmer III, Portland, Maine, active between 1958 and 1973 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Merrin Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, June 1990 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift. William P. Palmer III was an important Pre-Columbian collector with purchases from Stendahl Galleries, Merrin Gallery, Alphonse Jax, and Borstein.

Credit Anonymous gift, 2008

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Creator

Maya (Artist)

Period

AD 600-900 (Late Classic)

Medium

ceramic buffware with polychrome
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

48.2793

Measurements

H: 32 in. (81.3 cm)

Geographies

Guatemala (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View