GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This vessel is painted in what scholars call the “Codex style” because it resembles the painting of Maya books and manuscripts. It shows human beings or gods in a watery or vaporlike setting that suggests a primordial sea. Maya nobles reenacted such mythological scenes, dancing in swirling “seas” of incense and smoke during ceremonial pageants and performances.
Adapted from
Carol Robbins, Label text [1983.149 and 1991.44], A. H. Meadows Galleries, 2010.
NOTES
Maya, Late Classic, 650–800 C.E. (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 09/23/13.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
Maya: AAT: 300017826
Lowland Maya: AAT: 300017099
Geography
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
Guatemala (nation): TGN: 7005493
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
pigment: AAT: 300013109
clay: AAT: 300010439
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
Historical periods
Classic (mesoamerican period): AAT: 300016983
Late Classic Period: AAT: 300016986
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: ID: 300043202
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
codex-style (Maya area pottery styles): AAT: 300379257
books: AAT: 300028051
manuscripts (document genre): AAT: 300028569
figures: AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
standing: AAT: 300239500
processions: AAT: 300069290
nobility (nobles / aristocracy): AAT: 300025942
rulers (people): AAT: 300025475
king: AAT: 300025481
deities: AAT: 300343850
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
underworld (doctrinal concept): AAT: 300343823
water: AAT: 300011772
seas: AAT: 300008694
dance (discipline): AAT: 300054144
dancing: AAT: 300389779
smoke (material): AAT: 300073252
incense: AAT: 300265591
rituals (events): AAT: 300065284
ceremonies: AAT: 300054754
performances (entertainment events): AAT: 300069200
pageants: AAT: 300069240
myth: AAT: 300201023
mythology (literary genre): AAT: 300055985
headdress: AAT: 300046023
animals: DMA
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
feathers (animal components): AAT: 300400474
loincloths (main garments): AAT: 300209923
necklaces: AAT: 300046001
earspools: AAT: 300209300
bracelets (jewelry): AAT: 300045991
pectorals (jewelry): AAT: 300211902
gesture: AAT: 300056179
cartouches (ornament): AAT: 300010256
hieroglyphics (scripts / writing): AAT: 300028721
Maya (Classical Mayan language): AAT: 300388844
suns (stars): AAT: 300379806
k'in (sun / Maya hieroglyph): DMA
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1983: Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher (d. 2007), Dallas [1], [2], [3]
From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher, received from Ancient Art of the New World, Inc. (John Menser, dealer) [1], [2], [3], [4]
[1] The main source for this provenance is Deed of Gift from Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher (dated December 20, 1983, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 07, 1983, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[3] The main source for this provenance is letter from Steven A. Nash, Deputy Director / Chief Curator of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher (dated December 09, 1983, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[4] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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General Description
This vessel is painted in what scholars call the “Codex style” because it resembles the painting of Maya books and manuscripts. It shows human beings or gods in a watery or vaporlike setting that suggests a primordial sea. Maya nobles reenacted such mythological scenes, dancing in swirling “seas” of incense and smoke during ceremonial pageants and performances.
Adapted from
Carol Robbins, Label text [1983.149 and 1991.44], A. H. Meadows Galleries, 2010.
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Notes
Maya, Late Classic, 650–800 C.E. (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 09/23/13.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
Maya: AAT: 300017826
Lowland Maya: AAT: 300017099
Geography
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
Guatemala (nation): TGN: 7005493
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
pigment: AAT: 300013109
clay: AAT: 300010439
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
Historical periods
Classic (mesoamerican period): AAT: 300016983
Late Classic Period: AAT: 300016986
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: ID: 300043202
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
codex-style (Maya area pottery styles): AAT: 300379257
books: AAT: 300028051
manuscripts (document genre): AAT: 300028569
figures: AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
standing: AAT: 300239500
processions: AAT: 300069290
nobility (nobles / aristocracy): AAT: 300025942
rulers (people): AAT: 300025475
king: AAT: 300025481
deities: AAT: 300343850
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
underworld (doctrinal concept): AAT: 300343823
water: AAT: 300011772
seas: AAT: 300008694
dance (discipline): AAT: 300054144
dancing: AAT: 300389779
smoke (material): AAT: 300073252
incense: AAT: 300265591
rituals (events): AAT: 300065284
ceremonies: AAT: 300054754
performances (entertainment events): AAT: 300069200
pageants: AAT: 300069240
myth: AAT: 300201023
mythology (literary genre): AAT: 300055985
headdress: AAT: 300046023
animals: DMA
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
feathers (animal components): AAT: 300400474
loincloths (main garments): AAT: 300209923
necklaces: AAT: 300046001
earspools: AAT: 300209300
bracelets (jewelry): AAT: 300045991
pectorals (jewelry): AAT: 300211902
gesture: AAT: 300056179
cartouches (ornament): AAT: 300010256
hieroglyphics (scripts / writing): AAT: 300028721
Maya (Classical Mayan language): AAT: 300388844
suns (stars): AAT: 300379806
k'in (sun / Maya hieroglyph): DMA
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1983: Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher (d. 2007), Dallas [1], [2], [3]
From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher, received from Ancient Art of the New World, Inc. (John Menser, dealer) [1], [2], [3], [4]
[1] The main source for this provenance is Deed of Gift from Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher (dated December 20, 1983, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 07, 1983, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[3] The main source for this provenance is letter from Steven A. Nash, Deputy Director / Chief Curator of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher (dated December 09, 1983, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[4] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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