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Seated Ruler in the Guise of the Maize God300–600 CE

Not on view
Ceramic Maya plate viewed from above, with a wide brick-red band of glyphs encircling a central figure in profile wearing an elaborate headdress, painted in red and black on cream slip
Title
Seated Ruler in the Guise of the Maize God
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
300–600 CE
Medium
Polychrome ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 12 in. (30.48 cm) Height: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.250
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Fields, Virginia M. and Dorie Reents-Budet. Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship. London: Scala Publishers Limited; LACMA, 2005.
  • Hellmuth, Nicholas M. Monster und Menschen in der Maya-Kunst: Eine Ikonographie der Alten Religionen Mexikos und Guatemalas. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1987.