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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.

Unknown, Squared Plate with Maize God, 600–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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.