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Figure in Flower Ornament
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFigure in Flower Ornament, 500–900. Mexico, Yucatán, Jaina Island region, Campeche, Maya style (250-900). Earthenware with slip; diameter: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wadhams in memory of Miss Helen Humphreys, 1967.155.1
