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Cylinder Vessel with Palace Scene800–950 CE

On view: David Geffen GalleriesTransatlantic Exchange and Its Legacies
Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip ground, painted with a cross-legged figure holding a stylus, framed by rust-red bands and Mayan glyphs near the rim

Unknown, Cylinder Vessel with Palace Scene, 800–950 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Cylinder Vessel with Palace Scene
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Mexico, Campeche or Quintana Roo
Date Made
800–950 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
6 3/8 × 5 1/8 in. (16.2 × 13 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.685
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.

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