Vessel with Palace Scene

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Vessel with Palace Scene

Guatemala, Petén, Southern Lowlands, Maya, 600–900 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic
Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm) Height: 8 in. (20.32 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2010.115.670)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Schmidt, Peter, Mercedes de la Garza, and Enrique Nalda, eds. Maya. New York: Rizzoli International, 1998.
  • Houston, Stephen D., and Takeshi Inomata. The Classic Maya. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  • Schmidt, Peter, Mercedes de la Garza, and Enrique Nalda, eds. Maya. New York: Rizzoli International, 1998.
  • Houston, Stephen D., and Takeshi Inomata. The Classic Maya. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  • Houston, Stephen D., David Stuart, and Karl A. Taube. The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience Among the Classic Maya. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006.
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Exhibition history

  • The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 1, 2012 - March 2, 2014