Pre-Hispanic Collection
Dish with red bands and pseudoglyphs
IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0249
Category Pots and Containers
01 Photograph Gallery
Photo credits: Cultural Property Register (IDAEH)
02 Object Information
- Description
A flat-based bowl or dish with a divergent wall, decorated with red and black designs on a cream slip.
The surface is painted with panels with wide vertical red bands, alternating with panels containing pseudoglyphs outlined in black.
The interior surface is painted red. Discoloration along the rim is due to erosion.
* Neutron activation analysis of the paste indicates that the pottery shop, where the dish was made, was located in the eastern part of Petén, near the Holmul area (Maya Survey Project, Smithsonian)
- Period
- CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.)
- Provenance
- Maya Lowlands
- Medium / Material
- Clay
- Technique
- Modeled, Painting, Slip
- Dimensions
Height: 7.5 cm
Diameter: 23 cm
03 References and Exhibitions
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