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Collections

Vase with Howler Monkey and Offering Scenes600–900 CE

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Terracotta cylindrical vessel with dense low-relief carved glyphs on the body and a three-dimensional anthropomorphic figure with blue-painted eyes applied to the right side
Ceramic cylindrical vessel with densely molded relief decoration depicting a figural scene in reddish-brown slip; an attached three-dimensional human figure with traces of blue pigment around the eye forms one side of the vessel.
Ceramic cylindrical vessel in reddish-brown clay, densely carved with Maya glyphic cartouches and figural imagery arranged in vertical registers around the exterior surface.
Ceramic cylindrical vessel with reddish-brown surface, featuring a three-dimensional figure with blue-pigmented eyes attached to one side, and low-relief carved glyphs and figures on the body of the cup.
Title
Vase with Howler Monkey and Offering Scenes
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Northern Guatemala or Southeastern Mexico
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire pigment
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm); 7 4/5 x 5 3/10 x 5 3/10 in. (19.812 x 13.462 x 19.812 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.497
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.