Cylinder Vessel with Pedestal Base

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Cylinder Vessel with Pedestal Base

Guatemala or Mexico, Northern Peten or Southern Campeche, possibly Los Alacranes, Maya, 650–800 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire stucco and pigment
Height: 6 5/8 in. (16.83 cm); Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2010.115.13)
Currently on public view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1 MAP IT
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1

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Bibliography

  • Herring, Adam. Art and Writing in the Maya Cities, A.D. 600-800: a Poetics of Line. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Tokovinine, Alexandre. Place and Identity in Classic Maya Narratives. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 2013.
  • Herring, Adam. Art and Writing in the Maya Cities, A.D. 600-800: a Poetics of Line. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Tokovinine, Alexandre. Place and Identity in Classic Maya Narratives. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 2013.
  • 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).
  • 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