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Tripod Cylinder Vessel with Bird Head on Lid300–600 CE

Not on view
Ceramic lidded tripod vessel with brick-red slip, incised curvilinear and scroll motifs, and a small bird-form handle on the domed lid

Unknown, Tripod Cylinder Vessel with Bird Head on Lid, 300–600 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, Photo © Justin Kerr (#K5772)

Title
Tripod Cylinder Vessel with Bird Head on Lid
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
300–600 CE
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 in. (25.4 cm); 9 4/5 x 10 1/5 x 10 1/5 in. (24.892 x 25.908 x 25.908 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.890a-b
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas