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MATL (Matilde Poulat)
Copper Charger (Base de cobre)circa 1940-1950

Not on view
Circular copper repoussé plaque with two figural scenes in a Mesoamerican style, featuring two human figures exchanging an object over crouching animals, with glyphic inscriptions
Artist or Maker
MATL (Matilde Poulat)
Mexico, circa 1888-1960
Title
Copper Charger (Base de cobre)
Date Made
circa 1940-1950
Medium
Copper, turquoise
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 1/2 in. (49.53 cm) Height: 1 in. (2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ronald A. Belkin, Long Beach, California
Accession Number
M.2013.4.24
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes
The imagery of this repoussé platter is inspired by the Oval Palace Tablet at Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. It depicts the accesion of Pakal, who sits on a double-headed jaguar throne as his mother offers him a crown to symbolize his kingship. Matilde Poulat probably based her design on an illustration by Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, a ninteenth-century French traveling artist who created illustrations of Mayan art and architecture.