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Collections

Drinking Vessel Depicting the Maize God200–400 CE

Not on view
Terracotta cylindrical ceramic vessel with carved low-relief figural and geometric decoration in orange and dark red-brown slip
Title
Drinking Vessel Depicting the Maize God
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Central Highlands, possibly Kaminaljuyu
Date Made
200–400 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 in. (10.16 cm) Height: 4 7/8 in. (12.38 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Lillian Apodaca Weiner
Accession Number
M.2006.22
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • "2005-2006 Selected Acquisitions." LACMA Insider 4, no.1 (2006): 4-7.