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Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. Three Maya pottery bowls, each hand-built and stone-burnished to create smooth, colorfully-slipped surfaces. The first bowl features 3 nubbin feet as well as incised striations across the red and orange exterior. The second bowl has a rounded but stable base as well as 3 incised rectangular panels filled with crosshatching patterns. The largest bowl exhibits 3 large conical feet and intersecting linear bands in black pigment across the exterior. Size of largest: 6.80" W x 4" H (17.3 cm x 10.2 cm)

Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000; ex-Cheryl M. Carpentier collection; ex-Donald A. Stull collection, Bodega, California, USA, October 1989

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#185177

  • Condition: Larger 2 bowls with stabilization to fissures with adhesive residue along break lines; smallest bowl is intact. Each with light abrasions and fading to surface pigment, otherwise in great condition. Good preservation to incised motifs.

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