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Bowl Depicting Otherworldly Monkey and Peccary650–800 CE

Not on view
Small pre-Columbian ceramic bowl with brick-red rim and base, cream-slipped body painted with dark brown figural and glyphic decoration, raised on three small feet
Maya ceramic bowl with flared walls, red-slipped rim and base with small tripod feet, cream-colored body painted with Maya glyphs and figural imagery in dark brown.
Ceramic bowl with terracotta-red rim and foot, cream-colored body decorated with incised figural and floral motifs including a reclining animal and standing figure, resting on small stud feet.
Ceramic bowl with flared rim and small feet, red-slipped bands at top and base, cream-toned body incised with a supernatural or animal figure amid scrolling motifs, in a pre-Columbian style.
Ceramic Maya bowl with flared walls and small tripod feet, red slip on rim and base, cream-slipped body painted with black glyphs and scrolling curvilinear motifs encircling the exterior.
Maya ceramic bowl with flared sides and small tripod feet, red-slipped rim and base framing a cream-colored band painted in dark brown with figural and glyphic imagery.

Unknown, Bowl Depicting Otherworldly Monkey and Peccary, 650–800 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Anonymous gift, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bowl Depicting Otherworldly Monkey and Peccary
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Northern Petén
Date Made
650–800 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 7 in. (17.78 cm) Height: 3 5/8 in. (9.21 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.2010.115.2
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Robicsek, Francis, and Donald M. Hales. The Maya Book of the Dead: The Ceramic Codex: The Corpus of Codex Style Ceramics of the Late Classic Period. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Art Museum, 1981.