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Lo' Took' Akan Xok
Drinking Cup for Cacao of K'ahk' Ukalaw Chan Chahk755–780 CE

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Square Maya polychrome ceramic vessel with two visible faces painted in rust-red and charcoal black, each divided into two registers of elaborately costumed figures and hieroglyphic glyphs
Square ceramic vessel with painted Maya figural scenes arranged in two horizontal registers across four sides, depicting elaborately dressed figures in red, black, and cream slip; a band of Maya glyphs runs along the upper rim.
Ceramic Maya square vessel with polychrome slip-painted decoration in red, black, and cream; figural scenes with elaborately dressed figures, supernatural beings, and Maya hieroglyphic glyphs covering all four sides; glyph band along upper rim.
Artist or Maker
Lo' Took' Akan Xok
Maya (Sa'aal, now Naranjo, Guatemala), active 8th century
Title
Drinking Cup for Cacao of K'ahk' Ukalaw Chan Chahk
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Northern Peten, Naranjo or vicinity
Date Made
755–780 CE
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware with postfire stucco
Dimensions
9 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 6 3/8 in. (24.45 × 16.51 × 16.19 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.2010.115.14
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).
  • Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo, James A. Doyle, and Joanne Pillsbury, editors. Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.
  • Saunders, David, and Megan E. O'Neil, editors. Picture Worlds: Storytelling on Greek, Moche, and Maya Pottery. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2024.
  • 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.
  • 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