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Cylinder Vessel with Maize God Dancers and Dwarf 650–850 CE

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Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with cream slip and burnt sienna-red painted glyphs and figural scene showing a elaborately costumed figure in profile with a tall feathered headdress
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip, painted in red-brown with a frieze of Maya glyphs at the rim and a figural scene below showing elaborately dressed figures with feathered headdresses and scrollwork.
Ceramic Maya cylinder vessel with cream slip and red-brown painted decoration; a richly attired figure with elaborate headdress dominates the scene, surrounded by scrolling motifs and a hieroglyphic band near the rim.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip and red-on-cream painted decoration; a band of Maya glyphs encircles the upper rim above a scene depicting a standing figure with feathered headdress, a smaller crouching figure, and serpentine or foliate elements wrapping around the body.
Title
Cylinder Vessel with Maize God Dancers and Dwarf
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
650–850 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Diameter): 6 3/8 × 3 in. (16.19 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.616
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Krempel, Guido, and Sebastian Matteo. "Painting styles of the North-Eastern Peten from a local perspective: the Palace Schools of Yax We'en Chan K'inich, Lord of Xultun." Contributions in New World Archaeology 3(2012): 135-172.
  • 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).
  • Saunders, David, and Megan E. O'Neil, editors. Picture Worlds: Storytelling on Greek, Moche, and Maya Pottery. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2024.

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