Cylinder Vessel with Seated Figure, Water Bird, and Supernatural Serpent

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Cylinder Vessel with Seated Figure, Water Bird, and Supernatural Serpent

Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Chama or vicinity, Maya, 500–900 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic
Diameter: 7 3/10 in. (18.542 cm); 7 x 7 3/10 in. (17.78 x 18.542 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2010.115.614)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Currently on public view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1

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Bibliography

  • 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.