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Collections

Vessel with Ballplayer and Dancers300–600 CE

Not on view
Maya ceramic vessel with wide barrel form, painted in black and terra-cotta with two figural scenes and hieroglyphic cartouches on an orange slip ground
Maya ceramic vessel with a slightly flared cylindrical form, painted in orange-red, brown, and black with a figural scene depicting a large masked or helmeted head with feathered headdress, flanked by Maya glyphic cartouches.
Maya ceramic vessel with a rounded cylindrical form, painted in black and dark red on an orange slip ground. Figural scene depicts a crouching figure wearing an elaborate headdress, surrounded by scrolling forms and serpentine elements. A Maya hieroglyphic glyph block appears at right.
Maya polychrome ceramic vessel with cylindrical form, painted in red, black, and orange slip with two elaborately dressed figures facing each other; one standing figure wearing feathered headdress and ornaments at left, one seated dark-painted figure with serpentine elements at right, separated by hieroglyphic glyphs; black band at rim.
Title
Vessel with Ballplayer and Dancers
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala or Mexico
Date Made
300–600 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 1/10 in. (15.494 cm); 6 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (15.24 x 16.51 x 16.51 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.412
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Looper, Matthew. The Beast Between: Deer in Maya Art and Culture. Austin: University of Texas Press, 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.
Selected Exhibition History
  • The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014

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