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Painted Vessel with Skeletal Deity600–900 CE

Not on view
Cylindrical Maya polychrome ceramic vessel with brick-red ground, painted in yellow and orange with glyphic bands at rim and base and a figural narrative scene on the body

Unknown, Painted Vessel with Skeletal Deity, 600–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, Photo © Justin Kerr (#K7067)

Title
Painted Vessel with Skeletal Deity
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 1/2 in. (16.51 cm); 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (19.05 x 16.51 x 16.51 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.836
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas