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Collections

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

Not on view
Dark brown ceramic tripod vessel with incised red-filled decoration depicting zoomorphic and scroll figures wrapping around the body
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.