LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Vessel with Palace Scene600–900 CE

Not on view
Dark brown ceramic cylindrical vessel with burnished matte surface, carved in low relief with Maya glyphs along the rim and a multi-figure narrative scene below

Unknown, Vessel with Palace Scene, 600–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost and Mary and Robert Looker through the 2002 Collectors Committee, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Vessel with Palace Scene
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Mexico, Yucatan, Northern Lowlands, Chocholá style
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Burnished ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 7/8 in. (17.46 cm) Height: 6 3/4 in. (17.15 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost and Mary and Robert Looker through the 2002 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2002.46
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Gifts from Mary and Robert Looker, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 2017. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2017.

Related Unframed

Related Unframed

Discover the Art and Science of Color in Mesoamerica at a Virtual Symposium for “We Live in Painting”
Discover the Art and Science of Color in Mesoamerica at a Virtual Symposium for “We Live in Painting”
  • March 17, 2025
  • Editors
The Science and Art of Maya Painted Ceramic Vessels: A Free Scholarly Publication in English and Spanish
The Science and Art of Maya Painted Ceramic Vessels: A Free Scholarly Publication in English and Spanish
  • November 14, 2022
  • Editors
Classic Maya Figural Vessels
Classic Maya Figural Vessels
  • October 18, 2022
  • Karen Carrillo
Chocolate, Food of the Gods, in Maya Art
Chocolate, Food of the Gods, in Maya Art
  • October 27, 2016
  • Megan E. O’Neil
The Inside Story: Seeing Maya Vessels in A New Light
The Inside Story: Seeing Maya Vessels in A New Light
  • August 29, 2016
  • Megan E. O'Neil