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Lidded Vessel with Supernatural Offering Scenes250–500 CE

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Ceramic lidded vessel with domed lid and wide cylindrical body, painted with Maya figural scenes and glyphic bands in red, black, and gray over a cream and apricot-orange slip
Maya ceramic lidded vessel with wide, flat-domed lid and squat cylindrical base, painted in red-orange slip with figural scenes depicting human and supernatural figures in dark red and black; geometric glyph band encircles the lid's knob.
Ceramic bowl viewed from above, with a terracotta-orange interior decorated in Maya polychrome style. A dark circular medallion at center features a crossbar motif in red-orange. The surrounding field is painted with figural scenes and curvilinear glyphs in red, black, and cream, with visible surface wear and crazing.
Ceramic plate, partially visible, with polychrome painted decoration on a cream and orange slip ground. Central medallion in black with orange-red geometric forms. Surrounding band features densely painted Maya figural scene with seated figures and scrolling motifs in red, black, and orange. Surface shows areas of wear and paint loss.
Maya ceramic plate, close-up view showing painted decoration in orange, red, black, and cream; central medallion with a dark background and geometric motifs surrounded by a band of densely packed curvilinear glyphs and figural scenes; surface shows age-related crazing and pigment wear.
Ceramic plate with wide flat rim, painted in orange, black, and red. Central medallion contains a standing figure against a dark background; the broad rim is decorated with curvilinear glyphs and scrolling motifs in Maya polychrome style. Surface shows age-related cracking and wear.
Maya ceramic plate with polychrome painted decoration in red, black, and orange on a buff ground, showing figural scenes and Maya glyphs encircling a dark central medallion with red glyphs; surface shows crazing and wear.
Polychrome ceramic plate, interior surface with orange slip ground painted in red, black, and cream with Maya figural scenes and scrolling glyphic elements encircling a dark central medallion; surface shows age-related flaking and wear.

Unknown, Lidded Vessel with Supernatural Offering Scenes, 250–500 CE (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Forman Family Fund through the 1990 Collectors Committee, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Lidded Vessel with Supernatural Offering Scenes
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala or Mexico, Petén or Campeche
Date Made
250–500 CE
Period
Early Classic
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
10 3/8 × 14 1/4 in. (26.35 × 36.2 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Forman Family Fund through the 1990 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.90.104a-b
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1991. vol. 28-29, no. 12-1 (December, 1990-January, 1992).
  • Fields, Virginia M. and Dorie Reents-Budet. Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship. London: Scala Publishers Limited; LACMA, 2005.
  • 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.