Cylinder Vessel with Pedestal Base650–800 CE

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Title: Cylinder Vessel with Pedestal Base
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Guatemala or Mexico, Northern Peten or Southern Campeche, possibly Los Alacranes
Date Made: 650–800 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire stucco and pigment
Dimensions: Height: 6 5/8 in. (16.83 cm); Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.13
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected 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.
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.
Selected Exhibition History: The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014

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Title: Cylinder Vessel with Pedestal Base
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Guatemala or Mexico, Northern Peten or Southern Campeche, possibly Los Alacranes
Date Made: 650–800 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire stucco and pigment
Dimensions: Height: 6 5/8 in. (16.83 cm); Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.13
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected 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.
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.
Selected Exhibition History: The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014