Pre-Hispanic Collection
Vase with K’awiil Deity
IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0211
Category Pots and Containers
01 Photograph Gallery
Photo credits: FLAAR
02 Object Information
- Description
Polychrome vase (orange, red, black, and cream) with a composite profile, decorated with red slanted bands and jaguar-skin motifs, combined with horizontal and oblique bands that reinforce this feline reference. The vessel also features three slanted panels with profile representations of the god K’awiil, and a band of pseudoglyphs running below the rim. The piece originates from the Guatemalan Highlands, Nebaj area, Quiché.
- Period
- POSTCLASSIC (AD 900-1520)
- Provenance
- Guatemalan Highlands
- Medium / Material
- Clay
- Technique
- Modeled, Painting, Slip
- Dimensions
03 References and Exhibitions
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- Exhibitions
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