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Cylinder Vessel with Opossums and Burning Censers600–900 CE

Not on view
Tall cylindrical ceramic vessel with terracotta red body, covered in deeply carved interlocking scrolls and zoomorphic relief figures, with dark gray-brown slip on rim and base rings
Title
Cylinder Vessel with Opossums and Burning Censers
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Escuintla
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire pigment
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm); 7 1/2 x 4 3/10 x 4 3/10 in. (19.05 x 10.922 x 10.922 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.881
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.