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Drinking Cup with Celestial Deities600–900 CE

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Tall cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with polychrome painted decoration in rust red, dark brown, and cream, featuring figural scene and glyph bands
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with polychrome slip painting in red, orange, and cream tones; a seated figure in elaborate headdress occupies the central register, flanked by standing figures, with a band of hieroglyphic glyphs along the lower border and red geometric banding at the rim.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with painted figural scene in red, orange, and cream; a seated figure with elaborate headdress faces a standing figure, framed by glyphic bands at top and bottom.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with painted figural scene in red, orange, and cream. Standing and seated figures in elaborate headdresses and regalia appear in the central register, framed by hieroglyphic bands at top and bottom. Surface shows areas of wear.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with polychrome slip-painted figural scene in orange, red, black, and cream; standing figures in elaborate headdresses and regalia encircle the body, framed by glyph bands at top and bottom.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with painted figural scenes in red, orange, black, and cream; seated figure at left and standing figure at right, separated by a column of circular dots; red glyph bands at top and bottom rim.
Title
Drinking Cup with Celestial Deities
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Mexico or Guatemala, Southern Lowlands
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Overall (Diameter): 10 × 3 13/16 in. (25.4 × 9.65 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.628
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).
  • Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo, James A. Doyle, and Joanne Pillsbury, editors. Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.