Cylinder Vessel with Water Lily Serpent650–850 CE

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Title: Cylinder Vessel with Water Lily Serpent
Culture: Maya
Place Made
Date Made: 650–850 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions: Overall (Diameter): 9 13/16 × 4 in. (24.92 × 10.16 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.844
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Krempel, Guido, and Sebastian Matteo. "Painting styles of the North-Eastern Peten from a local perspective: the Palace Schools of Yax We'en Chan K'inich, Lord of Xultun." Contributions in New World Archaeology 3(2012): 135-172.
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 Kerpel, Diana, and Megan E. O'Neil, editors. The Science and Art of Maya Painted Ceramic Vessels: Contextualizing a Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022. https://www.archive.org/details/maya-painted-ceramic-vessels (accessed November 21, 2022).
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.

Not on view

Title: Cylinder Vessel with Water Lily Serpent
Culture: Maya
Place Made
Date Made: 650–850 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions: Overall (Diameter): 9 13/16 × 4 in. (24.92 × 10.16 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.844
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Krempel, Guido, and Sebastian Matteo. "Painting styles of the North-Eastern Peten from a local perspective: the Palace Schools of Yax We'en Chan K'inich, Lord of Xultun." Contributions in New World Archaeology 3(2012): 135-172.
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 Kerpel, Diana, and Megan E. O'Neil, editors. The Science and Art of Maya Painted Ceramic Vessels: Contextualizing a Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022. https://www.archive.org/details/maya-painted-ceramic-vessels (accessed November 21, 2022).
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.