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Drinking Cup with Celestial Water Birds and Fish700–850 CE

Not on view
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with tan clay body, painted in black and russet-orange with glyphs near the rim and two dynamic mythological figures on a black ground
Title
Drinking Cup with Celestial Water Birds and Fish
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Northern Petén
Date Made
700–850 CE
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 2/5 in. (8.636 cm); 6 7/10 x 3 1/2 in. (17.018 x 8.89 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.653
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, 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.