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Cylinder Vessel with Water Lily Serpent700–800 CE

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Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with black slip exterior, cream and red painted deity figure on the body, and a band of glyphs near the rim
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with dark slip ground, painted in cream and red. A band of Maya glyphs encircles the upper rim; figural scenes with elaborately dressed figures appear on the body below.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with dark brown slip, painted with cream and red pigments; a band of hieroglyphic glyphs encircles the rim above a large supernatural figure depicted in curvilinear Maya style on the body.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with dark slip ground, painted figures in cream and red on the body, and a band of Maya glyphs encircling the upper rim; red-slipped interior visible at top.
Title
Cylinder Vessel with Water Lily Serpent
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Peten, possibly Tikal or Peten Lakes region
Date Made
700–800 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Diameter): 8 × 4 5/16 in. (20.32 × 10.95 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.572
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 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.