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Lidded Bowl with Jaguar Handle250–500 CE

Not on view
Ceramic lidded vessel with a domed lid topped by a sculpted jaguar head, painted with spotted coat patterns and bands of curvilinear glyphs in rust-red, black, and cream
Title
Lidded Bowl with Jaguar Handle
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Date Made
250–500 CE
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
12 1/2 × 14 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (31.75 × 36.83 × 36.83 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.1024a-b
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.
  • 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).