A Royal Artist: Ah Maxam of Naranjo
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“Master painters and sculptors were members of the elite stratum and many were the offspring of the nobility who were not in direct line to inherit offices.” – Dorie Reents-Budet (from Painting the Maya Universe, p. 64)
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Ah Maxam was of a royal lineage. Translated from the Mayan script, his signature found on the Water-Lily Vase (MS1375) names himself and his parents along with a not-so-subtle declaration of his noble heritage. See LOUCHEart.com for more information.
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“Master painters and sculptors were members of the elite
stratum and many were the offspring of the nobility who
were not in direct line to inherit offices.”
–Dorie Reents-Budet(from Painting the Maya Universe, p. 64)
Ah MaxamLate Classic Maya, Mid to Late 8th c. CE
Vicinity of Naranjo, Petén Region, Guatemala
Vase of the Seven Gods
Cylinder Vase K2796Naranjo, Guatemala, c. 750- 800
Ceramic with black on cream slipand remnants of stucco with post fire blue pigment Cabrito Cream-
polychrome ceramic group [but too uncommon for typological
characterization]
27.5 x 10.7 cm (diameter)
10 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.
Anonymous Loan
K2796 Vase of the Seven Gods
Water-Lily Vase
Cylinder Vase MSI375 Naranjo, Guatemala, c. 750-800
Ceramic with red and black on cream slip Cabrito Cream-polychrome: Cabrito Variety
24.1 x 17.8 cm (diameter) 19 1/2 x 7 in.
Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.1080 Ethel T. Scarborough Fund
MS1375 Water-Lily Vase
Vessel of the Dancing Lords
Cylinder Vase MSI374Naranjo, Guatemala, c. 750-800
Ceramic with red, orange and black oncream slip, and remnants of stucco with
postfire blue pigment Cabrito Cream-polychrome: Cabrito Variety
24.0 x 15.8 cm (diameter)
9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.
Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.1081 Ethel T. Scarborough Fund
MS1374 Vessel of the Dancing Lords
“These artistically inclined individuals were organized into elite workshops, some of which
were physically connected to royal residential compounds.”
–Dorie Reents-Budet(from Painting the Maya Universe)
Bibliography
1. Art Institute of Chicago, "Vessel of the Dancing Lords." Accessed September 11, 2012. http:// www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/65290.
2. Art Institute of Chicago, "Water-Lily Vase." Accessed September 11, 2012. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/126858.
3. Coe, Michael D., Kerr Justin. The Art of the Maya Scribe [in English]. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998.
4. Miller, Mary Ellen. Maya Art and Architecture [in English]. World of Art; Variation: World of Art. London: New York, 1999.
5. Reents-Budet, Dorie Joseph W. Ball. Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period [in English]. Durham: Duke University Press in association with
Duke University Museum of Art, 1994.
6. Reents-Budet, Dorie. Mesoweb, "The Holmul Dancer Theme in Maya Art." Accessed September 16, 2012. http://www.mesoweb.com/pari/publications/rt08/
holmuldancer.pdf.
