Mayan Polychrome Tripod Plate - Dancing Priest
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Description
Pre-Columbian, Highlands (Chiapas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador), Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 600 CE. A large orangeware plate with rounded tripod legs. The interior center of the bowl depicts a standing priest, posed dynamically as if dancing, with a well-drawn face and head in the classic Maya style and huge feathered bracelets and clothing. Feathers were reserved for the highest ranking members of society. Around the interior is a band of glyphs that covers approximately a third of the rim; the other two thirds are painted a darker orange and unadorned, which is also an unusual and rare choice - Mayan art is often symmetrical. The exterior below the rim is unpainted. Size: 13.45" W x 3.25" H (34.2 cm x 8.3 cm)
The Maya Classic phase is so named because it was the peak of their artistic and cultural achievements. Part of this, as in many societies, included highly specialized consumable goods. Elaborate plates like this one were designed to be instantly distinguishable from those used for everyday eating or drinking - not just in decoration, but also in quantity produced, making this a much rarer find than a piece of domestic pottery. Instead, a bowl like this was placed into a tomb as an offering.
Provenance: private Chicago, Illinois, USA collection
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The Maya Classic phase is so named because it was the peak of their artistic and cultural achievements. Part of this, as in many societies, included highly specialized consumable goods. Elaborate plates like this one were designed to be instantly distinguishable from those used for everyday eating or drinking - not just in decoration, but also in quantity produced, making this a much rarer find than a piece of domestic pottery. Instead, a bowl like this was placed into a tomb as an offering.
Provenance: private Chicago, Illinois, USA collection
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#136849
Condition
Feet have been reattached; otherwise the bowl is in beautiful condition, with excellent preservation of motifs. Underside has some surface cracks at its lowest point.
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Mayan Polychrome Tripod Plate - Dancing Priest
Estimate $5,000 - $7,000
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