Tripod Plate with Jaguar Holding Decapitated Head

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Tripod Plate with Jaguar Holding Decapitated Head

Guatemala, Northern Petén, Maya, 700–850 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic
5 × 13 3/16 × 13 3/16 in. (12.7 × 33.53 × 33.5 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2010.115.78)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
  • Reents-Budet, Dorie.  Painting the Maya Universe:  Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period.  Durham:  Duke University Press, 1994.