Vessel with Snake-Lady Scene

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Vessel with Snake-Lady Scene

Guatemala or Mexico, Maya, 600–900 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic
Diameter: 5 13/16 in. (14.76 cm) Height: 6 5/16 in. (16.03 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2010.115.234)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Robicsek, Francis, and Donald M. Hales. The Maya Book of the Dead: The Ceramic Codex: The Corpus of Codex Style Ceramics of the Late Classic Period. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Art Museum, 1981.
  • Robicsek, Francis, and Donald M. Hales. The Maya Book of the Dead: The Ceramic Codex: The Corpus of Codex Style Ceramics of the Late Classic Period. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Art Museum, 1981.
  • Looper, Matthew George. Lightning Warrior: Maya Art and Kingship at Quirigua. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003.
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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