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Cylinder Vessel with Mythological Drinking Scene600–900 CE

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Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip, painted with figures, a hatched throne structure, and a band of glyphs near the rim, in rust-red, orange, brown, and black
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with painted polychrome decoration in red, orange, black, and cream; a seated elaborately dressed figure appears before a structure, surrounded by Maya glyphs in a band along the upper register.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip ground, painted in red, black, and orange with two horizontal registers of figures; upper band shows elaborately dressed figures in a courtly scene, lower band depicts additional figures; Maya glyphs form a band near the rim.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip ground, painted in red-orange, brown, and black. Two horizontal registers depict standing and crouching figures in elaborate headdresses and regalia. A band of Maya glyphs runs along the upper rim.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip ground, painted in red, orange, black, and brown. Two horizontal registers depict elaborately dressed figures in profile, with a band of Maya glyphs encircling the rim.
Title
Cylinder Vessel with Mythological Drinking Scene
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm); 9 1/2 x 7 4/5 x 7 1/2 in. (24.13 x 19.812 x 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.2010.115.543
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Houston, Stephen D., David Stuart, and Karl A. Taube. The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience Among the Classic Maya. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006.
  • 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.