Vessel Depicting Dueling Captives

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Vessel Depicting Dueling Captives

Guatemala, Northern Petén, Maya, 600–900 CE
Stone
Travertine with incised decoration and postfire applied pigment
Diameter: 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm) Height: 9 in. (22.86 cm)
Anonymous gift (M.2010.115.875)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Currently on public view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1 MAP IT
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1

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Bibliography

  • Houston, Stephen. The Gifted Passage: Young Men in Classic Maya Art and Text. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.
  • Looper, Matthew. The Beast Between: Deer in Maya Art and Culture. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2019.
  • Houston, Stephen. The Gifted Passage: Young Men in Classic Maya Art and Text. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.
  • Looper, Matthew. The Beast Between: Deer in Maya Art and Culture. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2019.
  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.
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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