Lidded Vessel with Supernatural Offering Scenes

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Lidded Vessel with Supernatural Offering Scenes

Guatemala or Mexico, Petén or Campeche, Maya, 250–500 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic
10 3/8 × 14 1/4 in. (26.35 × 36.2 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by the Forman Family Fund through the 1990 Collectors Committee (M.90.104a-b)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Caroselli, Susan L., ed. Guido Reni: 1575-1642.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.
  • 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.
  • Caroselli, Susan L., ed. Guido Reni: 1575-1642.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.
  • 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.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1991. vol. 28-29, no. 12-1 (December, 1990-January, 1992).
  • Fields, Virginia M. and Dorie Reents-Budet. Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship. London: Scala Publishers Limited; LACMA, 2005.
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