Codex-Style Vase with Mythological Scene ca. 7th or 8th century Maya This drinking cup, painted in what is known as the codex style, shows a unique scene from the corpus of Maya ceramic paintings. The protagonist is an aging Rain God, known by the name Chahk in the hieroglyphic script, who wields a ceremonial ax in his left hand while placing his right hand on a stone temple or palace that he has presumably split open. The grape-bunch” motif located to the right of the cleft on the temple’s facade signifies that the building is made of stone, and four half-quatrefoil motifs marked with crosshatching perhaps represent windows in the walls. Chahk is shown with features that appear in other depictions: a watery vegetation headdress, Spondylus earspools, and fishlike barbels. The tiny wisps of hair on the knob of his head, however, are nothing like the bushy, unruly tangle of knotted hair seen in his other portrayals (see MMA 1978.412.206; 1980.213). The torso of the god is also uncharact

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Codex-Style Vase with Mythological Scene ca. 7th or 8th century Maya This drinking cup, painted in what is known as the codex style, shows a unique scene from the corpus of Maya ceramic paintings. The protagonist is an aging Rain God, known by the name Chahk in the hieroglyphic script, who wields a ceremonial ax in his left hand while placing his right hand on a stone temple or palace that he has presumably split open. The grape-bunch” motif located to the right of the cleft on the temple’s facade signifies that the building is made of stone, and four half-quatrefoil motifs marked with crosshatching perhaps represent windows in the walls. Chahk is shown with features that appear in other depictions: a watery vegetation headdress, Spondylus earspools, and fishlike barbels. The tiny wisps of hair on the knob of his head, however, are nothing like the bushy, unruly tangle of knotted hair seen in his other portrayals (see MMA 1978.412.206; 1980.213). The torso of the god is also uncharact

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