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Drinking Cup with Catfish700–850 CE

On view:
David Geffen Galleries, Keepers of the Cosmos in Mesoamerican Art
Cylindrical terra-cotta ceramic vessel with a cream and black decorative band at the rim and a large painted fish with an open mouth on the orange-red body
Painted decorative panel with vivid orange-red ground, depicting two dark brown winged boar-fish hybrid creatures facing each other, surrounded by circular rosette motifs; upper border features wave and dot patterns in dark paint on cream ground.
Title
Drinking Cup with Catfish
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Northern Petén, Uaxactun or vicinity
Date Made
700–850 CE
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm); 8 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (20.32 x 11.43 x 11.43 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.854
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Reents-Budet, Dorie. Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period. Durham: Duke University Press, 1994.
  • 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.