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Cache Vessel (bottom half) with Solar Imagery400–550 CE

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Terracotta ceramic vessel with wide cylindrical form, featuring a raised-relief frontal face framed by beaded borders and scroll motifs, with gray-green and red-orange surface

Unknown, Cache Vessel (bottom half) with Solar Imagery, 400–550 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, Photo © Justin Kerr (#K6175)

Title
Cache Vessel (bottom half) with Solar Imagery
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Belize, Guatemala, or Mexico
Date Made
400–550 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 13 1/4 in. (33.655 cm); 13 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (34.29 x 31.75 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.643
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas