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Drinking Cup with Meeting of Two Creator Deities600–900 CE

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Cylindrical Maya ceramic bowl with polychrome figural scene on cream ground, showing a black-painted crouching figure with headdress flanked by curling scroll forms, framed by chevron border bands in black and rust-orange
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with polychrome painted frieze in red, orange, black, and cream; a reclining figure in profile wearing a headdress appears beside large curvilinear forms, bordered above and below by chevron bands.
Maya ceramic cylinder vessel with orange-slipped exterior, painted in black and cream with glyphic cartouches and curvilinear figural motifs encircling the body, bordered above and below by bands of chevron and dot patterns.
Title
Drinking Cup with Meeting of Two Creator Deities
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Chama or vicinity
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 7 3/10 in. (18.542 cm); 5 x 6 7/10 x 6 7/10 in. (12.7 x 17.018 x 17.018 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.683
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.