01 Photograph Gallery

02 Object Information

Description

Polychrome stuccoed vase in florero style, decorated with horizontal and parallel bands in white, light yellow and gray.

*Vase with a rounded lip, everted rim, neck with a diverging curved wall, body with straight-converging walls, and a flat base.

* Neutron activation analysis of the paste indicates the Guatemalan Pacific Coast as the place of origin or manufacture.

*Voluntary transfer from the collection registered in the name of Arturo Morán (2008)

Period

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

Provenance

Pacific Coast of Guatemala

Medium / Material

Clay, Stucco

Technique

Modeled, Painting, Slip, Stuccoed

Dimensions

Height: 23 cm
Mouth diameter: 12.2 cm
Bottom diameter: 10 cm

03 References and Exhibitions

References to similar objects

* Piece very similar, in form and polychrome stucco covering, to another piece in the same collection, Registration No. 1.2.144.0603

* Maya Survey Project

Exhibitions

1. “MAYAS, FROM DAWN TO DUSK” (MAYA de l’aube au crépuscule). Musée du quai Branly in Paris, France (June 21–October 2, 2011)

2. “TREASURES OF LA RUTA MAYA.” Quiroa gallery, Paseo de los Museos, Hotel Casa Santo Domingo. Antigua Guatemala (August 30 – November 9, 2014)

3. “PRE-COLUMBIAN DESIGN: A contemporary view.” Santo Domingo del Cerro Cultural Center, Antigua Guatemala (February 15, 2022 – May 31, 2022)

4. “PRE-COLUMBIAN DESIGN: A contemporary view.” Spanish Cooperation Training Center, Antigua Guatemala (June 13, 2022 – March 5, 2023)

Publications

Magazine. MAYA de l’aube au crépuscule. Connaissance des Arts, No. 497. 2011. Page 34. París, Francia.

Catalogue MAYA de l’aube au crépuscule. 2011. Page 201. Paris.