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Carved Mirror Ornament200–800 CE

Not on view
Circular mosaic panel viewed from above, with a border of small honey-toned stone tiles surrounding a field of large irregular white and gray polygonal stone pieces set in sandy mortar
Circular ceramic disk with incised interlocking curvilinear patterns filled with red pigment against a dark gray ground, with a small suspension hole at the top.

Unknown, Carved Mirror Ornament, 200–800 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Art Museum Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Carved Mirror Ornament
Place Made
Mexico, Gulf Coast, in the style of El Tajín
Date Made
200–800 CE
Medium
Slate, hematite, shell, and iron oxide pigment
Dimensions
Diameter: 7 9/16 in. (19.21 cm) Height: 3/4 in. (1.91 cm) Mount: 4 1/4 × 7 × 5 in. (10.8 × 17.78 × 12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Art Museum Council
Accession Number
AC1998.89.1.1
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.