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Drinking Cup for Cacao of Itzam Kokaj Bahlam, the Lord of K’anwitznalprobably 731 CE

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Tall cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip, painted in russet brown with a band of hieroglyphic glyphs and fantastical creatures with open jaws and elaborate headdresses
Tall cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip ground, painted in reddish-brown with a large feathered bird at center, smaller flying figures above, and a masked face below, bordered at the rim by a band of glyphic cartouches.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip and red-orange painted decoration; a band of hieroglyphic glyphs encircles the rim above a scene depicting elaborately costumed figures and dynamic bird or deity forms.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip ground and painted red-orange figures; a band of glyphs encircles the upper register above dynamic supernatural figures and a stacked ceremonial form near the base.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip and painted red-orange figural scene; dynamic figures with elaborate headdresses and diagonal lines encircle the body, framed by a Maya glyph band at the rim and a geometric border at the base.
Ceramic Maya cylinder vase with cream slip ground, painted in red-orange with a band of glyphs near the rim and figures of supernatural bird-like beings and a masked deity below, separated by thin dark horizontal lines.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip ground, painted in red-orange with supernatural figures and hieroglyphic glyphs in a band near the rim. Figural scene wraps around the body featuring elaborately adorned deity-like figures with headdresses and zoomorphic elements.
Title
Drinking Cup for Cacao of Itzam Kokaj Bahlam, the Lord of K’anwitznal
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
probably 731 CE
Style
Holmul
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm) Height: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.573
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Reents-Budet, Dorie. Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period. Durham: Duke University Press, 1994.
  • Helmke, Christophe, and Jaime Awe. "Ancient Maya territorial organisation of Central Belize: confluence of archaeological and epigraphic data." Contributions in New World Archaeology 4 (2012): 59-90.
  • 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, 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.