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Lidded Bowl with Feline Handle250–500 CE

Not on view
Terracotta lidded ceramic vessel with a wide cylindrical body, domed lid, and a small sculpted face as a handle, decorated with interlocking scroll motifs in black and red

Unknown, Lidded Vessel with Jaguar, 250–500 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Lidded Bowl with Feline Handle
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Petén, or Mexico, Campeche
Date Made
250–500 CE
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
11 × 14 × 14 in. (27.94 × 35.56 × 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.950a-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.