Description:

Pre-Columbian, El Salvador, Maya, Copador, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A remarkable pottery bowl elaborately hand-painted with the Maya Hero Twins - Xbalanque and Hunahpu - as swimmers below a band of pseudo-glyphs on the exterior, while additional glyph-like and geometric decoration embellishes the interior. In Maya creation mythology, the Hero Twins swam through the underworld to rescue the severed head of their father. Size: 5.2" W x 2" H (13.2 cm x 5.1 cm)

Provenance: ex-private USA collection, acquired before 2000 from noted dealer Robert Anderson, Mason City, Iowa, USA; all items from this collection have been appraised by Marianne Huber in 2014

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#188078

  • Condition: Minor nicks and abrasions, with light fading to pigment, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to decorative motifs.

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