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Cylinder Vessel with Water Bird450–900 CE

Not on view
Tall cylindrical ceramic vessel with brick-red rim and base bands, painted with a white bird figure on a near-black slip ground, showing surface wear

Unknown, Cylinder Vessel with Water Bird, 450–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, Photograph © Justin Kerr

Title
Cylinder Vessel with Water Bird
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Pacific Slope
Date Made
450–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 in. (10.16 cm); 10 4/5 x 3 4/5 in. (27.432 x 9.652 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.248
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas