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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Plate with Standing Ruler
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Plate with Standing Ruler

Artist Unknown
CultureGuatemala | Maya | Pre-Columbian
DateLate Classic Period (600-900)
MediumCeramic | Polychrome
DimensionsOverall: 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edwin Pearlman and Museum purchase
Object number86.432
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 105
DescriptionPolychrome dish depicting a standing ruler.

Exhibition History"Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics," The Israel Museum, The Maremont Pavilion of Ethnic Arts, Jerusalem, Spring 1982. "Old Gods and Young Heroes. The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va, October 28- December 18, 1983. Published ReferencesMichael D. Coe, _Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics_, (Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1982), no. 38, p. 80-81.