01 Photograph Gallery

02 Object Information

Description

Narrow-necked jar, “florero” style, polychrome (white, pink, orange, buff, yellow), decorated in red from the top to the base of the neck. This is followed by slanted bands made up of white circles and four (4) larger white circles with scrolls in pastel yellow, white, and pink, which could be representations of flowers. Some of these motifs, at the lower part of the wall, are framed by four elongated elements in pastel colors.

*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 paste on a similar vessel, but with different decoration (Reg. No. 1.2.144.0419), indicates that the manufacturing workshop was located on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. This particular vessel does not show correlation data.

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

Period

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

Provenance

Maya Lowlands

Medium / Material

Clay, Stucco

Technique

Modeled, Painting, Slip, Stuccoed

Dimensions

Height: 28.5 cm
Diameter: 14 cm
Bottom: 12 cm

03 References and Exhibitions

References to similar objects

* Stuccoed vessel with Cultural Property Registry No. 1.2.144.0419 from this same collection.

* Maya Survey Project

Exhibitions

1. On loan to the Archaeological Museum of the Hotel Casa Santo Domingo in Antigua Guatemala (2008–2010)

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

3. “THE WORLD OF THE MAYAN ARTIST.” Spanish Cooperation Training Center. Antigua Guatemala (February 3–June 16, 2013)

4. “TREASURES OF THE MAYAN SPIRIT.” LA Art & Antique Show. LA Convention Center, California (January 4–9, 2014)

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

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

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

Publications

Revista Aniversario XV del El Periódico. “El Nacimiento del Museo Maya de América”. November 2011.

Revista. 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.

“Mayas guardan secretos milenarios”; Prensa Libre. Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Page 44.