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Collections

Globular Bowl with Cartoucheslate 6th century CE

Not on view
Ceramic bowl with wide mouth and rounded body, painted with a band of glyphs and circular medallions containing figural scenes in brick red on cream, against a dark charcoal-black ground
Title
Globular Bowl with Cartouches
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
late 6th century CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Overall (Diameter): 7 3/16 × 7 1/2 in. (18.26 × 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.756
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Martin, Simon, and Nikolai Grube. Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. London: Thames & Hudson, 2008.
  • 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 Kerpel, Diana, and Megan E. O'Neil, editors. The Science and Art of Maya Painted Ceramic Vessels: Contextualizing a Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022. https://www.archive.org/details/maya-painted-ceramic-vessels (accessed November 21, 2022).