Squared Vessel, "Vase of the Eleven Gods"

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Squared Vessel, "Vase of the Eleven Gods"

Maya, 755–780 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire stucco
9 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 6 3/8 in. (24.45 × 16.51 × 16.19 cm)
Anonymous gift (M.2010.115.14)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Currently on public view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1 MAP IT
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1

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Bibliography

  • Grube, Nikolai, and Justin Kerr. "Two sides of a quadrangular polychrome Classic Maya vase." Mexicon 20, no.1 (1998): 2 and cover.
  • Carrasco, Michael. "From field to hearth: an earthly interpretation of Maya and other Mesoamerican creation myths." In Pre-Columbian Foodways: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Food, Culture, and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica, edited by John Edward Staller and Michael Carrasco, pages 601-34. New York: Springer, 2010.
  • Grube, Nikolai, and Justin Kerr. "Two sides of a quadrangular polychrome Classic Maya vase." Mexicon 20, no.1 (1998): 2 and cover.
  • Carrasco, Michael. "From field to hearth: an earthly interpretation of Maya and other Mesoamerican creation myths." In Pre-Columbian Foodways: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Food, Culture, and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica, edited by John Edward Staller and Michael Carrasco, pages 601-34. New York: Springer, 2010.
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  • Magaloni Kerpel, Diana, and Megan E. O'Neil, editors. The Science and Art of Maya Painted Ceramic Vessels: Contextualizing a Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022. https://www.archive.org/details/maya-painted-ceramic-vessels (accessed November 21, 2022).
  • Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo, James A. Doyle, and Joanne Pillsbury, editors. Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.
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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