Dynastic Vase650–800 CE

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Ceramic Maya vessel with waisted cylindrical form, cream-colored body densely painted with black and rust-orange hieroglyphic glyphs in a grid, red-slipped rim and base

Painted ceramic Maya vase with slightly waisted cylindrical form, red-slipped rim and base with small feet, cream ground densely covered in rows of Maya hieroglyphic glyphs painted in black and red-orange.

Ceramic Maya vase with slightly flared rim, cream-colored body densely covered with Maya hieroglyphic glyphs painted in dark brown and red, with red-slipped rim and base.

Maya ceramic cylindrical vase with flared rim, cream slip surface densely painted with rows of Maya glyphs in black and red-orange, with red-painted rim and base.

Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with flared rim, cream slip exterior densely painted with rows of Maya hieroglyphic glyphs in dark brown and red, with red-painted rim band and base.

Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with waisted form, red-slipped rim and base, cream body densely covered with painted Maya glyphs in dark brown arranged in grid-like rows.

Ceramic Maya cylinder vessel with flared rim, painted in red and dark brown on cream slip with rows of Maya hieroglyphic glyphs covering the exterior surface.

Title: Dynastic Vase
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Mexico or Guatemala, Southern Campeche or Northern Petén region, Mirador Basin
Date Made: 650–800 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions: Diameter: 5 5/8 in. (14.29 cm) Height: 6 1/2 in. (16.51 cm)
Credit Line: Anonymous gift
Accession Number: M.2010.115.1
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Keene, Bryan C., editor. Toward a Global Middle Ages: Encountering the World Through Illuminated Manuscripts. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2019.
O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
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.
Martin, Simon. "In search of the serpent kings: From Dzibanche to Calakmul." Ancient Mesoamerica 35, no.3 (2024): 822-838.
O'Neil, Megan E. Memory in Fragments: the Lives of Ancient Maya Sculptures. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2024.
Selected Exhibition History: The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014
The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014

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