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Collections

Bowl900–600 BCE

Not on view
Stone bowl with oval form and shallow carved relief of a spined creature with open jaws covering the exterior surface, mottled tan and olive green stone
Stone vessel with straight flaring walls and a polished dark interior, decorated around the exterior with incised low-relief figures of animals or mythological creatures on a mottled gray-brown surface.
Carved stone bowl with straight flaring sides, dark mottled green-gray surface, and an incised band of figural and foliate imagery encircling the exterior in ochre-toned relief.
Stone vessel with low cylindrical form and slightly flared walls, carved in relief with a caiman or reptilian creature encircling the exterior, dark gray-brown mottled surface.
Title
Bowl
Culture
Mezcala
Place Made
Mexico, Guerrero
Date Made
900–600 BCE
Medium
Incised stone with pigment
Dimensions
4 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (10.48 x 23.5 cm)
Credit Line
Shinji Shumeikai Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
M.2000.54.1
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.