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Squared Plate with Maize God600–900 CE

Not on view
Polychrome ceramic plate viewed from above, with a wide shallow basin painted with a profile figure in terracotta red and a glyphic border of repeating cartouches
Ceramic tripod bowl with wide shallow form resting on three cylindrical legs. The exterior is painted with dark circular and diagonal spot motifs on a cream ground. The interior rim displays a polychrome band of Maya glyphic figures in red, black, and orange.
Title
Squared Plate with Maize God
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
5 x 12 x 13 in. (12.7 x 30.48 x 33.02 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.535
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.