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Bowl with Painted Text600–900 CE

Not on view
Pre-Columbian ceramic bowl with straight walls, painted with a band of yellow-ground glyphs in dark brown depicting stylized figures, framed by red and cream horizontal stripes.

Unknown, Bowl with Painted Text, 600–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, Photograph © Justin Kerr

Title
Bowl with Painted Text
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 1/2 in. (13.97 cm); 4 4/5 x 5 1/2 in. (12.192 x 13.97 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.655
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas