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Cylinder Vessel with Hero Twins and Lords of Death600–900 CE

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Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with brick-red slip, painted with hieroglyphic glyph band at rim and multi-figure narrative scene below, in cream and dark brown
Maya polychrome ceramic cylinder vessel with red ground, painted with figural scenes including a seated elaborately dressed figure and standing figures, with a band of Maya glyphs encircling the rim.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with polychrome slip-painted decoration in red, cream, and black; a band of hieroglyphic glyphs encircles the rim above a narrative scene depicting elaborately dressed standing figures, one holding a large circular feathered device and a staff, surrounded by serpentine forms and additional glyphic columns.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with red-orange slip, painted with multiple standing figures in elaborate headdresses and regalia, one holding a large circular shield; band of Maya glyphs encircles the rim.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with red-ground slip painting depicting seated and standing figures in elaborate regalia, flanked by Maya glyphs; band of cartouche glyphs encircles the rim.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with red slip ground, painted in cream and dark brown with a frieze of human and supernatural figures in animated poses, topped by a band of Maya glyphs.
Title
Cylinder Vessel with Hero Twins and Lords of Death
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Petén
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 1/2 in. (16.51 cm) Height: 10 3/8 in. (26.35 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.409
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • 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, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.
Selected Exhibition History
  • The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014
  • The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014