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Vessel with Palace Scene600–900 CE

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Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel painted with a crouching figure, Mayan glyphs, and a low platform or throne, in brick red, black, and orange on a cream slip ground
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with cream slip ground, painted in reddish-brown with a kneeling figure wearing an elaborate headdress, facing a stepped platform with a dark vessel; columns of Maya glyphs border the scene above and at right.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip and dark red painted decoration, featuring a vertical column of Maya glyphs at center and figural scenes on either side, with a red band at the rim.
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with painted slip decoration in red and brown on a cream ground, depicting a standing figure in elaborate headdress gesturing toward a large red-banded drum, with Maya glyphs along the upper register and horizontal bands near the base.

Unknown, Vessel with Palace Scene, 600–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Vessel with Palace Scene
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm) Height: 8 in. (20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.670
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Schmidt, Peter, Mercedes de la Garza, and Enrique Nalda, eds. Maya. New York: Rizzoli International, 1998.
  • Houston, Stephen D., and Takeshi Inomata. The Classic Maya. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  • Houston, Stephen D., David Stuart, and Karl A. Taube. The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience Among the Classic Maya. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006.
Selected Exhibition History
  • The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014

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