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Figurine of a Portly Man600–900 CE

Not on view
Sandstone sculpture of a seated, heavyset nude figure with a broad face, heavy brow, and rounded forms, rough-textured surface with weathered gray-white patches
Title
Figurine of a Portly Man
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Northern Guatemala or Southeastern Mexico
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Ceramic with post-fire pigment
Dimensions
6 x 4 1/2 x 3 4/5 in. (15.24 x 11.43 x 9.652 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.251
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.
  • 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.
  • 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.