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Collections

Cylinder Vessel with Supernatural Crocodile and Captured Deer600–900 CE

Not on view
Terracotta cylindrical vessel with low-relief carved figural scene showing a crouching figure with an animal-mask head, surrounded by feather-like and glyph elements
Title
Cylinder Vessel with Supernatural Crocodile and Captured Deer
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Escuintla
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 in. (15.24 cm); 8 3/10 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.082 x 13.97 x 13.97 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.776
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.