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Codex-style Cylinder Vessel with Hunting Deity Emerging from Vision Serpent600–900 CE

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Cylindrical Maya ceramic vessel with cream slip and incised figural decoration, orange-red rim and base, supported on three small feet
Title
Codex-style Cylinder Vessel with Hunting Deity Emerging from Vision Serpent
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 in. (10.16 cm); 5 4/5 x 4 3/10 x 4 3/10 in. (14.732 x 10.922 x 10.922 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.838
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.