Bowl with Maize God and Chahk in Watery Locale250–550 CE

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Title: Bowl with Maize God and Chahk in Watery Locale
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Guatemala, Petén
Date Made: 250–550 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire pigment
Dimensions: Diameter: 6 in. (15.24 cm); 5 1/2 x 6 x 6 in. (13.97 x 15.24 x 15.24 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.740
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Hellmuth, Nicholas M. Monster und Menschen in der Maya-Kunst: Eine Ikonographie der Alten Religionen Mexikos und Guatemalas. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1987.
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.
Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.

Not on view

Title: Bowl with Maize God and Chahk in Watery Locale
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Guatemala, Petén
Date Made: 250–550 CE
Medium: Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire pigment
Dimensions: Diameter: 6 in. (15.24 cm); 5 1/2 x 6 x 6 in. (13.97 x 15.24 x 15.24 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.740
Classification: Ceramics
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Hellmuth, Nicholas M. Monster und Menschen in der Maya-Kunst: Eine Ikonographie der Alten Religionen Mexikos und Guatemalas. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1987.
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.
Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.