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Codex-Style Cylinder Vessel with Scribes650–800 CE

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Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with brick-red rim and base bands, painted in black on cream slip with a band of glyphs above a figural scene showing elaborately dressed figures
Title
Codex-Style Cylinder Vessel with Scribes
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
650–800 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
5 3/10 x 4 x 4 in. (13.462 x 10.16 x 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.2010.115.562
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Reents-Budet, Dorie, and Ronald L. Bishop. "Classic Maya Painted Ceramics: Artisans, Workshops, and Distribution." In Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks, edited by Joanne Pillsbury, Miriam Doutriaux, Reiko Ishihara-Brito, and Alexandre Tokovinine, 288-299. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2012.
  • Keene, Bryan C., editor. Toward a Global Middle Ages: Encountering the World Through Illuminated Manuscripts. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2019.
  • 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.