Mirror

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Mirror

Mexico, Valley of Mexico, Aztec, 1325–1521
Stone
Obsidian
Diameter: 4 1/4 in. (10.2 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (M.85.233.11)
Currently on public view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1

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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.
  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.
  • 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.
  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.
  • Reents-Budet, Dorie.  Painting the Maya Universe:  Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period.  Durham:  Duke University Press, 1994.
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Exhibition history

  • Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 6, 2011 - January 29, 2012