01 Photograph Gallery

02 Object Information

Description

Miniature tripod urn with lid. The urn, with a convex base, is decorated with two flanges (one labial and one basal) with pointed edges, painted white. Conical supports.

The truncated lid has a handle modeled in the shape of a seated jaguar, with traces of yellow and red paint.

*Quiché region.

*Donation by Dr. Francis Robicsek (2008)

Period

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

Provenance

Guatemalan Highlands

Medium / Material

Clay

Technique

Appliqué / application, Incised, Modeled, Painting, Slip

Dimensions

Height: 16 cm
Maximum diameter: 14 cm

03 References and Exhibitions

References to similar objects

Exhibitions

Financiera de Occidente (November 2011 – August 2012)

“THE POWER OF THE JAGUAR IN THE MAYA UNIVERSE.” Design Center, Guatemala (January 30 – February 28, 2013)

Financiera de Occidente, Guatemala (November 2014 – October 2015)

“PRE-COLUMBIAN BIODIVERSITY: THE MYSTERIES OF THE JUNGLE” Spanish Cooperation Training Center, Antigua Guatemala (August 17, 2017 – February 25, 2018)

On loan to the Library of the CIT Building at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (Special Collections Section). Lot #3 from March 10, 2022 to February 11, 2026.

On display, indefinitely, at the JAGUAR hábitat. La Aurora Zoological Park, Zone 13, Guatemala City (starting March 21, 2026)

Publications