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Tripod Plate with Maize God Dancer600–900 CE

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Ceramic plate seen from above, with Mayan glyphs along the rim and a painted figure in an elaborate feathered headdress at the center, in rust red and dark brown on a cream ground
Ceramic tripod plate with wide shallow basin in red-orange slip, decorated with a band of Maya glyphs and figural imagery in black and dark red; scalloped rim on the base supported by three rounded bulbous feet.
Title
Tripod Plate with Maize God Dancer
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
3 5/8 in. (9.21 cm) Overall (Diameter) (Diameter): 13 1/2 in. (34.29 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.82
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Reents-Budet, Dorie. Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period. Durham: Duke University Press, 1994.
  • 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.