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| Keywords: Mayan - Cylinder Vessel - Walters 482776 - Side A.jpg The painted vases of the Maya offer a window on a lost world The black-on-cream coloring seen here is often referred to as codex-style because of its resemblance to ancient Maya books or codices all but four of which have been lost or destroyed Here three seated supernatural figures converse about a sacrificial ritual indicated by the trident-shaped blade held by the most rotund one Hieroglyphic texts name the characters the figure with a sombrero-like hat and insect wings is Mok Chi' perhaps the patron deity of beekeepers The three may represent different aspects of the deity art historians call God A-prime associated with sacrifice and self-decapitation between 600 900 Late Classic buff earthenware with black and red slip cm 16 13 3 h x diam accession number 48 2776 20005 George and Julianne Alderman date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of George and Julianne Alderman 2005 place of origin Guatemala Walters Art Museum license Maya art in the Walters Art Museum Maya codex vases Ceramic vases | ||||
