Description:

Pre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador type, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl of deep form with a planar base, sloped walls, and a thick rim. Highly burnished and decorated with red, orange, and black pigment, the bowl presents a pair of prone 'swimmers' along the bottom of the exterior, their lengthy bodies wearing red clothing and seemingly supporting the band of pseudo-glyphs above them. The basin interior features 2 pairs of large glyphs similar to those on the exterior that are enclosed within concentric brown and red rings. Size: 6.9" L x 6.875" W x 2.9" H (17.5 cm x 17.5 cm x 7.4 cm)

Provenance: Private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000.

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#184585

  • Condition: Stabilization to one fissure stemming from rim, with resurfacing and overpainting along break line. Abrasions and fading to original pigment, with some spalls within basin, and thick root marks, otherwise in great condition. Nice preservation to original motifs throughout.

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