Lidded Tripod Vessel with Ruler Holding a Bicephalic Serpent400–500 CE

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Title: Lidded Tripod Vessel with Ruler Holding a Bicephalic Serpent
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Guatemala or Mexico, Petén or Campeche
Date Made: 400–500 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 4 4/5 x 4 4/5 in. (34.29 x 12.192 x 12.192 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.431a-b
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.
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.

Not on view

Title: Lidded Tripod Vessel with Ruler Holding a Bicephalic Serpent
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Guatemala or Mexico, Petén or Campeche
Date Made: 400–500 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 4 4/5 x 4 4/5 in. (34.29 x 12.192 x 12.192 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.431a-b
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.
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.