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Censer with Sun God Riding a Crocodile600–900 CE

Not on view
Unglazed earthenware Mesoamerican sculpture, cylindrical vessel with a standing figure in elaborate headdress and costume in high relief, flanked by openwork panels
Title
Censer with Sun God Riding a Crocodile
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 8 1/2 in. (21.59 cm); 20 x 14 x 12 in. (50.8 x 35.56 x 30.48 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.848
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Parsons, Lee A., John B. Carlson, and Peter David Joralemon. The Face of Ancient America: the Wally and Brenda Zollman Collection of Precolumbian Art. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1988.
  • 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.