Dwelling of Warm Food of Yopaat Bahlam680–750 CE

Not on view

Ceramic plate viewed from above, terracotta-orange exterior with cream interior painted in dark brown with Mesoamerican hieroglyphic glyphs around the rim and a central figurative scene of two facing masked forms

Title: Dwelling of Warm Food of Yopaat Bahlam
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Mexico, Southern Campeche
Date Made: 680–750 CE
Medium: Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions: Diameter: 15 1/2 in. (39.37 cm) Height: 1 7/8 in. (4.76 cm)
Credit Line: Anonymous gift
Accession Number: M.2010.115.5
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Reents-Budet, Dorie, Sylvaine Boucher Le Landis, Yoly Palomo Carrillo, Ronald L. Bishop, and M. James Blackman. "Codex-style Ceramics: New Data Concerning Patterns of Production and Distribution," in XXIV Symposium of Archaeological Investigations in Guatemala. Guatemala City: Museo Nacional de Arqueología e Etnología, 2010.
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.
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.
Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo, James A. Doyle, and Joanne Pillsbury, editors. Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.
Saunders, David, and Megan E. O'Neil, editors. Picture Worlds: Storytelling on Greek, Moche, and Maya Pottery. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2024.

Dwelling of Warm Food of Yopaat Bahlam680–750 CE

Not on view

Title: Dwelling of Warm Food of Yopaat Bahlam
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Mexico, Southern Campeche
Date Made: 680–750 CE
Medium: Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions: Diameter: 15 1/2 in. (39.37 cm) Height: 1 7/8 in. (4.76 cm)
Credit Line: Anonymous gift
Accession Number: M.2010.115.5
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Reents-Budet, Dorie, Sylvaine Boucher Le Landis, Yoly Palomo Carrillo, Ronald L. Bishop, and M. James Blackman. "Codex-style Ceramics: New Data Concerning Patterns of Production and Distribution," in XXIV Symposium of Archaeological Investigations in Guatemala. Guatemala City: Museo Nacional de Arqueología e Etnología, 2010.
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.
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.
Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo, James A. Doyle, and Joanne Pillsbury, editors. Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.
Saunders, David, and Megan E. O'Neil, editors. Picture Worlds: Storytelling on Greek, Moche, and Maya Pottery. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2024.