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Maya Water Bird Cylinder browse these categories for related items... All Items: Pre-Columbian: Mayan Territories: Pre AD 1000: item #839525 Please refer to our stock #MA797 when inquiring.
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A large Maya cylinder vase from Jutiapa in southern Guatemala, ca. 600 - 900 AD. This elegant creamware example is 9-3/4" high, 6-1/2" wide at the flaring rim and is decorated with a trio of deeply incised Water Birds. The large birds are executed in fine detail and remnants of rare negative resist paint are still visible. The rim band consists of molded glyphs, a characteristic of vessels from Jutiapa. A magnificent example of the type, overall in excellent condition, with nice mineral deposits and just a couple of professionally restored stress cracks. See Kelemen's “Medieval American Art”, plate 139b, for similar example from The University Museum – Philadelphia, PA. |
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