Description:

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Northern Campeche or Yucatan region, Maya, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl of a wide and squat form bearing a planar base, gently swollen walls along the lower body, a lightly corseted upper body, and a thin, flared rim surrounding the deep basin. Presented in hues of cream, beige, khaki, butterscotch, and tan, the elaborate composition features a series of incised vertical grooves that surround the lower body in a gadrooned fashion. The tops of the raised bars are decorated with a black archway motif, perhaps representing human teeth, and above that is a register of black-painted crescents, perhaps suggesting animal claws, fangs, or even chili peppers. Just below the rim is a band of incised glyphs that, while untranslated, perhaps denote the bowl's owner, a dedication to a deity, or perhaps identifies the bowl's intended use. Size: 6.7" W x 4.625" H (17 cm x 11.7 cm)

Provenance: ex-Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA collection; ex-estate of Jean C. Ferrand, Arizona, USA, acquired in Mexico between 1975 to 1980

#168552

  • Condition: Small chip to rim, with minor nicks and abrasions to rim, basin surfaces, exterior walls, and base, fading and abrasions to black pigment, and softening to some finer details on incised glyphs. Nice preservation to most glyph details. Great earthen deposits and wonderful root marks. Old inventory labels beneath base.

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