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Bowl with Serpents and Lid19th century

Not on view
Lidded ceramic vessel with globular body, painted in vermillion, black, and orange with floral scrollwork and raised cobra-head sculptures on the shoulder

Unknown, Bowl with Serpents and Lid, 19th century (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard S. Reed, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Bowl with Serpents and Lid
Place Made
Sri Lanka
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Earthenware with opaque watercolor
Dimensions
10 7/8 x 13 in. (27.6 x 33 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard S. Reed
Accession Number
AC1992.140.1.1-.2
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Brown, Robert L., Tushara Bindu Gude, Donald Stadtner, and Lakshika Senarath Gamage. The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2018.