Covered Dish in the Form of a Bird
Artist
Maya artist(s)
CultureMaya
OriginLowlands, Guatemala
PeriodEarly Classic Period (250/300-600 CE)
Date350-500
MediumEarthenware, red pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOutside Diameter (G83.1.99a-b): 33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.)
DescriptionMaya incised covered dish, Early Classic period, with ring foot, cylindrical sides, surmounted by a conical-shaped lid. The lid has an avial head as handle, with wide notched beak, ridged eyes and crest, domed sides incised with outspread wings. Painted in black with traces of red pigment.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.99a-b
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Teotihuacan artist(s)
450-650
Object number: G83.1.19a-b
Artist / Maker: Zapotec artist(s)
500-700 CE
Object number: G83.1.89
Artist / Maker: Veracruz artist(s)
600-900
Object number: G83.1.80
