Codex-Style Cylinder Vessel with Scribes650–800 CE

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Title: Codex-Style Cylinder Vessel with Scribes
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Guatemala or Mexico, Northern Petén or Southern Campeche
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: 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.