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Bowl with Anthropomorphic Vultures600–900 CE

Not on view
Ceramic bowl with flared form and ring foot, exterior painted with a crouching animal figure in reddish-brown and coral-pink on a cream ground, interior with brick-red slip
Two Maya ceramic bowls of different sizes with cream slip grounds, painted in dark brown and red-orange with figural scenes depicting animated human or deity forms in profile, geometric border bands at rims.
Title
Bowl with Anthropomorphic Vultures
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala or Mexico
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm); 3 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (7.62 x 11.43 x 11.43 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.666
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.