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Collections

Cylinder Vessel with Pedestal Base650–800 CE

Not on view
Mayan ceramic footed cup with cream slip, russet-orange painted glyph band near the rim, and a large curvilinear deity or serpent figure on the body, with traces of pale blue at the foot
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel on a flared foot, cream-colored with painted orange-brown glyphs forming a band near the rim, and a curvilinear zoomorphic figure below; pale blue pigment on the base.
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
  • 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
  • The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014