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Bowl with Anthropomorphic Vultures600–900 CE

Not on view
Pre-Columbian ceramic bowl with wide mouth and ring foot, cream exterior painted with dynamic brown and rust-orange figures of a crouching animal or hybrid creature across two panels
Two ceramic bowls of different sizes with cream, red, and dark brown painted figural decoration depicting dynamic animal or supernatural figures with outstretched limbs, framed by geometric border bands.
Title
Bowl with Anthropomorphic Vultures
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala or Mexico
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 in. (15.24 cm); 4 1/2 x 6 x 6 in. (11.43 x 15.24 x 15.24 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.672
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.