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Lidded Vessel with Images of an Open Hand580–700 CE

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Painted ceramic lidded vessel with cream, brick red, and dark brown Mesoamerican motifs including scrolls, spirals, and diagonal strokes on a barrel-shaped body
Polychrome ceramic lidded vessel with loop handle, painted in red, black, and cream with horizontal bands of Maya glyphs, scroll motifs, and figural imagery on the body.
Polychrome ceramic lidded vessel with loop handle finial, decorated in terracotta, black, and cream with bands of Maya glyphs, scroll patterns, and geometric cartouches around a cylindrical body.
Polychrome ceramic lidded vessel with loop handle on top, painted in terracotta, black, and cream with horizontal registers of stepped fret patterns, curvilinear glyphs, and figural imagery; areas of surface wear throughout.
Polychrome Maya ceramic vessel with domed lid and small loop handle, painted in red, orange, black, and cream with hieroglyphic bands, scrollwork frieze, and rectangular cartouches containing circular glyphs.
Title
Lidded Vessel with Images of an Open Hand
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Northern Guatemala or Southeastern Mexico
Date Made
580–700 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Diameter): 8 13/16 × 6 13/16 in. (22.38 × 17.3 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.981a-b
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
Selected Exhibition History
  • The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection. Saturday, December 1, 2012- Sunday, March 2, 2014

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