Lot 107
Donated By: Donick Cary, Emmy-Award winning writer/producer (Letterman /Simpsons / Parks and Recreation /Silicon Valley)
Pre-Columbian, Mexico and Guatemala, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A tall cylinder vessel painted with a band of glyphoids just beneath the rim and a large register depicting seated lords and Kukulkan (Quetzalcoatl in Nahuatl, sometimes called Gukumatz in parts of the Maya world) chasing each other around the body. These are painted with thin black outlines and red, black, and white details on a deep orange field. The lord figure has a classically Mayan face with large nose and eyes and a dramatic coiffure. The god is shown only as a large serpent face with its mouth open in a fierce expression; long feathers flow down its back. Size: 5.6" W x 7.1" H (14.2 cm x 18 cm)
For the Maya, extraordinary painted ceramic vases like this example were gifted to elite individuals, akin to the gifts exchanged between high profile dignitaries today. Vases were a functional gift, created by artist/scribes who came from elite families and who took pains to recreate the stories of Mayan mythology and religion as well as to depict royal and godly personages in their artwork. This artwork reinforced the ruling ideology and reminded the viewer of what was valuable in Mayan society. Today, they teach us about the stories that were important to the Maya and also give us clues to how elite people lived and dressed. Scholars have painstakingly worked to decipher the meaning of the iconography and glyphs painted on cylinder jars and we know much more about them than we did even twenty years ago.
Provenance: private D. C. collection, California, USA; D. C. is an Emmy Award winning Hollywood writer and Executive Producer, collected before 2000
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Condition:
One crack from rim halfway down length of body has been stabilized. Expected wear to motifs as shown, especially on one side.Old losses to flat terminus. Minor surface scratches. Flute works beautifully.
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