Plate Depicting the Watery Underworld

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Plate Depicting the Watery Underworld

Mexico, Southern Campeche, Maya, 650–800 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic
Diameter: 15 1/2 in. (39.37 cm) Height: 1 7/8 in. (4.76 cm)
Anonymous gift (M.2010.115.5)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Not currently on public view

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  • Reents-Budet, Dorie, and Ronald L. Bishop. "Classic Maya Painted Ceramics: Artisans, Workshops, and Distribution." In Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks, edited by Joanne Pillsbury, Miriam Doutriaux, Reiko Ishihara-Brito, and Alexandre Tokovinine, 288-299. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2012.
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