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Codex-Style Cylinder Vessel with Avian Maize God650–800 CE

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Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with brick-red rim, a band of painted glyphs near the top, and a figural scene below showing two profile heads with elaborate headdresses in dark brown on cream slip
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip ground and red-painted rim, decorated with a band of Maya glyphs above a figural scene depicting a standing figure in profile and a large supernatural face with elaborate headdress, rendered in dark brown painted lines.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with cream slip and painted black-line decoration; a band of hieroglyphic glyphs encircles the upper body above a frieze depicting figural and scrolling serpentine motifs; red-slipped rim and base.
Ceramic cylinder vessel with cream ground and red rim, painted in dark brown with a band of Maya hieroglyphs above a figural scene depicting elaborately dressed figures in profile, bordered by geometric registers at top and bottom.
Title
Codex-Style Cylinder Vessel with Avian Maize God
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
650–800 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Diameter): 5 1/2 × 3 11/16 in. (13.97 × 9.37 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.462
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.
  • 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).