Description:

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Southern Lowlands, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A hand-built brownware pottery jar of a wondrous form covered in a lustrous glaze known as plumbate. The notably aged face on the obverse of the jar depicts Huehueteotl-Xiuhtecuhtli, the "old god of fire" (derived from "huehue," meaning "old old," and "teotl," meaning god). The aged face presents with bushy brows beneath a tufted headband, an aquiline nose, curved ears with circular earspools, several incised scarification grooves, and a protruding bottom lip revealing two petite teeth. Incised ornamentation on either temple resembles feathered tassels. Plumbate ware was probably made by a very small number of artisans around the Mexico/Guatemala border who then exported them throughout wider Mesoamerica. Size: 5.25" W x 5.2" H (13.3 cm x 13.2 cm)

Provenance: ex-Merrin Gallery, New York, New York, USA, acquired in the late 1960s

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#149890

  • Condition: Repaired from multiple pieces, with light restoration in some areas, and resurfacing with overpainting along break lines. Minor nicks to rim and face, with fading to areas of original pigmentation. Light earthen deposits and great traces of original glaze throughout.

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