01 Photograph Gallery

02 Object Information

Description

Polychrome cylindrical vase (red, black and pink on cream), with a curved converging wall and a flat base.

The surface is decorated with a scene with five (5) characters, of which two (2) stand out, richly attired, who seem to be talking to each other. Above them is a small text with glyphs painted in pink, a characteristic of the ceramics produced in the Ik polity or Motul de San José in Lake Petén Itzá.

The conversation takes place in front of a structure with either stairs or a bench. Both nobles, who seem to have their assistants nearby, wear large feather headdresses, jewelry, and pink breastplates that could have feathers or be padded.

In the middle of them, a character is sitting on the last step, listening and only dressed in a white hip cloth and an orange fabric headdress. It is probably a dwarf accompanying his lord, who is wearing the zoomorphic head.

The other character, whose headdress has the head of an old god or supernatural deity, also has a dwarf attendant behind him, kneeling on a step. He wears a red hip cloth and carries a headdress made of rolled fabric and long quetzal feathers.

Behind him, a last character observes the scene standing, dressed in a long orange skirt with a red belt and a white fabric headdress extended upwards. In his hands he carries a conical bundle, probably an offering.

Period

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

Provenance

Maya Lowlands

Medium / Material

Clay

Technique

Modeled, Painting, Slip

Dimensions

Height: 20 cm
Diameter: 7.5 cm

03 References and Exhibitions

References to similar objects

Exhibitions

1.On loan at the Miraflores Museum (Lot I) (2007- August 2015)

2. “MAYA: RULERS OF THE RAINFOREST”
Drents Museum, Assen, Holanda (28 febrero- 4 septiembre, 2016)
Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Alemania (2 octubre, 2016- abril 23, 2018)
Museo Arqueológico de Alicante, MARQ, España (25 mayo 2017-7 enero 2018)

3.”MAYAS EN SANTO DOMINGO DEL CERRO”. Centro Cultural Santo Domingo del Cerro, Antigua Guatemala (agosto 16, 2018- abril 20, 2019)

4. “OBRAS MAESTRAS DEL ARTISTA PREHISPÁNICO”. Centro Cultural Santo Domingo del Cerro, Antigua Guatemala (desde diciembre de 2019 al 2 de febrero de 2022)

5. “MASTERWORKS BY THE PRE-COLUMBIAN ARTIST.” La Ruta Maya Foundation, Guatemala City (Since November 6, 2024)

Publications

1. “Miraflores Exhibits La Ruta Maya Collection.” 21st Century Newspaper. Wednesday June 24. 2009. Page 8.