Cylinder Vessel with Maize God Dancers and Dwarfs650–850 CE

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Title: Cylinder Vessel with Maize God Dancers and Dwarfs
Culture: Maya
Place Made
Date Made: 650–850 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions: Overall (Diameter): 9 3/8 × 3 13/16 in. (23.81 × 9.68 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.495
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.
Helmke, Christophe, and Felix Kupprat. "Los Glifos Emblema y Los Lugares Sobrenaturales: el Caso de Kanu'l y sus Implicaciones." Estudios de Cultura Maya 50 (2017): 95-135.
Looper, Matthew G. To Be Like Gods: Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009.
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).
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.

Not on view

Title: Cylinder Vessel with Maize God Dancers and Dwarfs
Culture: Maya
Place Made
Date Made: 650–850 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions: Overall (Diameter): 9 3/8 × 3 13/16 in. (23.81 × 9.68 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.495
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.
Helmke, Christophe, and Felix Kupprat. "Los Glifos Emblema y Los Lugares Sobrenaturales: el Caso de Kanu'l y sus Implicaciones." Estudios de Cultura Maya 50 (2017): 95-135.
Looper, Matthew G. To Be Like Gods: Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009.
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).
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.