Polychrome cylindrical vessel

Photograph of a polychrome vessel published in Franco Monti’s volume Terrecotte precolombiane, Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Milan 1966, p. 83. The photograph is accompanied by the brief caption: “36. Polychrome cylindrical vessel. Jaina; State of Campeche, Mexico, México, Museo Nacional de Antropología” and by a more extended description: “36. Polychrome cylindrical vessel. H. 22 cm. Jaina; State of Campeche, Mexico, México, Museo Nacional de Antropología. The richness of the themes, the sumptuous polychromy, the refined graphic quality, and finally the harmonious balance of all compositional elements place Maya vessels among the masterpieces of world ceramic art; the clear tendency toward pictorial decoration leads to a preference for cylindrical walls, on which designs and scenes can unfold without any interruption”.