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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Cylinder Vessel with Mythical Scene
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Cylinder Vessel with Mythical Scene

Place CreatedPeten, Guatemala, North America
CultureMaya
Date670-750 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions8 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (22.5 x 10.4 cm)
Object number1990.011.076
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, Winter 1991.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 94.
Hugo and Marjorie Munsterberg, World Ceramics from Prehistoric to Modern Times (New York: Penguin Studio, 1998), 70, figure 63.
"Nectar of Wealth: The Maya Elite Kept Their Beloved Chocolate from the Masses," Scientific American (August 2000): 14.
Karen M. O'Day, "A Study of Painted Pottery from Sitio Conte Cemetery, Panama" (PhD diss., Emory of University, 2002), figure 6.
Rebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 8, figure 4.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased October 4, 1982.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas