Bowl with Resurrection of the Maize God in a Ballcourt600–900 CE

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Title: Bowl with Resurrection of the Maize God in a Ballcourt
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Northern Guatemala or Southeastern Mexico
Date Made: 600–900 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions: Diameter: 6 9/10 in. (17.526 cm); 6 1/2 x 7 x 7 in. (16.51 x 17.78 x 17.78 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.480
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Freidel, David A., Linda Schele, and Joy Parker. Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path. New York: W. Morrow, 1993.
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.
Finegold, Andrew. Vital Voids: Cavities and Holes in Mesoamerican Material Culture. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2021.
Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.

Not on view

Title: Bowl with Resurrection of the Maize God in a Ballcourt
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Northern Guatemala or Southeastern Mexico
Date Made: 600–900 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions: Diameter: 6 9/10 in. (17.526 cm); 6 1/2 x 7 x 7 in. (16.51 x 17.78 x 17.78 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.480
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Freidel, David A., Linda Schele, and Joy Parker. Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path. New York: W. Morrow, 1993.
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.
Finegold, Andrew. Vital Voids: Cavities and Holes in Mesoamerican Material Culture. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2021.
Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.