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Tripod Drinking Cup with Supernatural Palace Scene750–850 CE

Not on view
Ceramic footed cylinder vessel with painted glyphic band at rim and interlocking scrolling vine and figure motifs in dark brown and red-orange slip, resting on four ball feet
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel on three rounded feet, painted in red, brown, and ochre. A band of glyphic text encircles the rim. The body depicts a standing figure with feathered headdress amid curvilinear forms and foliage. A dark horizontal band runs near the base.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel on three small feet, painted in red, brown, black, and cream with standing and seated human figures and a large bird deity; band of Maya glyphs encircles the neck.
Polychrome ceramic cylindrical vessel on three small spherical feet, with a band of Maya glyphs at the rim. Body painted in red, black, and ochre with figures in elaborate costume amid swirling serpentine forms.
Ceramic footed vessel with tapered cylindrical form, painted in red, brown, and black with Maya figural scenes on the body and a band of glyphs encircling the rim, resting on three round feet.
Title
Tripod Drinking Cup with Supernatural Palace Scene
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Peten, Motul de San José or vicinity
Date Made
750–850 CE
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Overall (Diameter): 12 × 6 5/16 in. (30.48 × 16.03 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.430
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Berjonneau, Gérald, and Jean-Louis Sonnery. Rediscovered Masterpieces of Mesoamerica: Mexico-Guatemala-Honduras. Boulogne: Editions Arts, 1985.
  • Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art: from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Wray. New York: André Emmerich Gallery; Perl Galleries, 1984.
  • Martin, Simon. "Cacao in Ancient Maya Religion: First Fruit from the Maize Tree and Other Tales from the Underworld." In Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao, edited by Cameron L. McNeil, 154-183. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006.
  • Miller, Mary Ellen, and Simon Martin, eds. Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2004.
  • Werness-Rude, Maline D., and Kaylee R. Spencer, editors. Maya Imagery, Architecture, and Activity: Space and Spatial Analysis in Art History. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2015.
  • 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.

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.

  • 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).
Selected Exhibition History
  • The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014

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