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Plate with Enthroned Ruler Wearing Solar Headdress650–850 CE

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Ceramic plate viewed from above, with a cream slip interior painted in terra-cotta red and dark brown, depicting a dynamic crouching figure with an elaborate feathered headdress surrounded by masked faces and dot-patterned medallions; broad rim with concentric orange-red bands

Title: Plate with Enthroned Ruler Wearing Solar Headdress
Culture: Maya
Place Made
Date Made: 650–850 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions: Diameter: 10 in. (25.4 cm); 2 x 10 x 10 in. (5.08 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.227
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected 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.