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Drinking Cup with Image of K'awiil650–800 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip body painted with dense dark brown curvilinear figures and glyph bands, terracotta rim and dark base
Title
Drinking Cup with Image of K'awiil
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Mexico, Southern Campeche, or Guatemala, Northern Petén
Date Made
650–800 CE
Style
Codex
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm); 5 7/10 x 4 3/10 x 4 3/10 in. (14.478 x 10.922 x 10.922 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.225
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Robicsek, Francis, and Donald M. Hales. The Maya Book of the Dead: The Ceramic Codex: The Corpus of Codex Style Ceramics of the Late Classic Period. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Art Museum, 1981.
  • Houston, Stephen D., David Stuart, and Karl A. Taube. The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience Among the Classic Maya. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006.
  • 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.