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Cylinder Vessel with Palace Scene600–800 CE

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Mayan painted ceramic cylinder vessel with cream ground, depicting two zoomorphic figures flanking a column of six hieroglyphic glyph blocks, painted in brick red, brown, and mauve
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with painted figural scene in red, black, and cream; standing figure with animal headdress faces a seated figure, flanked by red oval glyphs; horizontal bands at base and scalloped rim at top.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with cream slip ground, painted in red and dark brown. Two seated figures face each other, one holding an object; a vertical red band with oval forms at right. Horizontal red stripe bands at base, scalloped black band at rim.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with painted figures in red, brown, and cream; two seated figures face each other, one holding an offering, with a large vessel below; black dot band at rim, red stripe bands at base.
Title
Cylinder Vessel with Palace Scene
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–800 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 4/5 in. (9.652 cm); 6 3/5 x 4 7/10 x 4 7/10 in. (16.764 x 11.938 x 11.938 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.330
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Looper, Matthew G. To Be Like Gods: Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009.
  • 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.
Selected Exhibition History
  • The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014

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