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Bottle in the Form of a Building with Enthroned Ruler600–900 CE

Not on view
Ceramic rectangular vessel with four short feet and a wide cylindrical neck, decorated with relief-carved Mesoamerican glyphs and a profile figure on the front face, with sculpted animal figures on top
Title
Bottle in the Form of a Building with Enthroned Ruler
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala or Honduras
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
2 7/16 × 2 3/8 × 1 3/16 in. (6.2 × 6 × 3 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.795
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Matsumoto, Mallory E. "Replicating Writing: Moulding and Stamping Hieroglyphs on Classic Maya Ceramics." Cambridge Archaeological Journal 28, no.2 (2018): 299-320.
  • 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.