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Cylinder Vessel with Seated Figure, Water Bird, and Supernatural Serpent500–900 CE

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Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with polychrome painted scene on a golden-yellow ground, depicting a skeletal figure, tall staffs, and a large supernatural creature in black, white, and terracotta, framed by chevron border bands
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with ochre-yellow ground, painted in black, white, and red with a horizontal band of Maya glyphs across the upper register and a vertical column of glyphs at right, flanked by curvilinear figural elements; chevron bands at top and bottom rim.
Title
Cylinder Vessel with Seated Figure, Water Bird, and Supernatural Serpent
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Chama or vicinity
Date Made
500–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 7 3/10 in. (18.542 cm); 7 x 7 3/10 in. (17.78 x 18.542 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.614
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.