https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17498/fullCovered Dish in the Form of a Bird350-500Maya artist(s)Outside Diameter (G83.1.99a-b): 33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.)Earthenware, red pigment, and hand-built.Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Lowlands, GuatemalaG83.1.99a-b0Maya 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.
MesoamericaCeramics from Ancestral Abiayala[]Ancestral AbiayalaMesoamerica184292486MayaEarly Classic Period (250/300-600 CE)