01 Photograph Gallery

02 Object Information

Description

Polychrome plate (red and black on buff) with a flattened lip, a curved-converging wall, and an annular base.

A bird, seen frontally with its wings spread to the sides, occupies the entire center of the plate. It is surrounded by three bands in black and red. The inner part of the wall and the rim are painted red and decorated with six rectangles, each containing a glyph. Killing hole in the center.

* According to epigrapher Dr. Yuriy Polyukhovych (pers. comm.), the plate mentions an important name from Naaman, corresponding to the site of La Florida (Petén, Guatemala).

Period

CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.)

Provenance

Guatemalan Highlands

Medium / Material

Clay

Technique

Modeled, Painting, Perforation, Slip

Dimensions

Height: 6 cm
Diameter. 27 cm

03 References and Exhibitions

References to similar objects

* Dr. Joanne Baron (Curator and Lecturer in the Department of Ancient Art of the Americas at the Princeton University Art Museum) indicates that the vessel bears the same name as the Lord of Naaman depicted on plate with the cultural Property  Registry No.16.2.5.30

* Mention of Naaman’s site is made here: Polyukhovych, Yuriy. 2016. “New Maya Polychrome Vessels from Namaan Polity”. In Glyph Dwellers, Report # 36 (February 2016) Department of Art and Art History, California State University Chico. http://glyphdwellers.com/pdf/R36.pdf

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