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Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view01_PS11.jpg)
Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view01_PS11.jpg)
Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view01_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view01_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view1_acetate_bw.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view1_acetate_bw.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view2_acetate_bw.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view2_acetate_bw.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view02_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view02_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view01.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view01.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view03_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view03_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view02.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view02.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view4.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view4.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view3.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view3.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view1.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view1.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view2.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view2.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view04_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view04_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view03.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.655_view03.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view05_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view05_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view06_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view06_PS11.jpg)

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CULTURE Maya
MEDIUM Ceramic, pigment
DATES 700-800
PERIOD Late Classic
DIMENSIONS 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 35.655
CREDIT LINE A. Augustus Healy Fund
PROVENANCE Prior to 1935, provenance not yet documented; by 1935, collected by James B. Edwards of of Puerto Cortes, Honduras; 1935, purchased from James B. Edwards by the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Maya. Jar, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view01_PS11.jpg)
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Maya. <em>Jar</em>, 700-800. Ceramic, pigment, 8 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 35.655. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.655_view01_PS11.jpg)

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