01 Photograph Gallery

02 Object Information

Description

Polychrome plate (red and black on orange) decorated, in the background, with a seated figure in right profile. In its right hand it holds a snail shell, and in its left, what appears to be leaves or some kind of plant.

It wears a fabric headdress in the shape of a cap, from which red-painted ribbons extend. It is dressed in a short, checkered loincloth or skirt with a fabric belt tied at the back.

A red band, framed by two black lines and covering the inner wall, surrounds the central figure.

*Although the Cultural Property Register (IDAEH) classifies it as a plate, its measurements indicate that it is a bowl. It has a diverging curved wall, a medial rim, a convex base, and a ring support.

* The Register of Cultural Property dates the object as of the Middle Classic period (400-600 AD)

*Neutron activation analysis of the paste is inconclusive.

Period

CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.) Early Classic (150/200- 650 AD).

Provenance

Maya Lowlands

Medium / Material

Clay

Technique

Modeled, Painting, Slip

Dimensions

Height: 6 cm.
Diameter: 25 cm.

03 References and Exhibitions

References to similar objects

* Maya Survey Project

Exhibitions

“SOUNDS OF ANTIQUITY”. La Ruta Maya Foundation, Guatemala City (July 25, 2025 to July 25, 2026)

Publications