Register Auction 105
Zemanek-Münster

Cylindrical tripod vessel, Classic Period, ca. 550 - 850 AD ·  Guatemala, Pacific Coast, Escuintla region, Tiquisate, Maya, Teotihuacán-style · ID: 3052321

Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Provenance
H. Hufnagel, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Size
H: 15,8 cm
D: 12 cm
H: 6.2 inch
D: 4.7 inch

Description

earthenware, with red pigment and dark brown slip, mold-impressed with two identical panels depicting the profile of raptorial bird (hawk of eale), followed by a warrior holding a shield, flaws on the rim


Expertise

Thermoluminescence, Ralf Kotalla, No. 719405, Haigerloch, 15 June 1994


Publications

Hellmuth, Nicholas M., The Escuintla Hoards, Teotihuacan Art in Guatelmala, Vol. 1 No. 2, June 1975, p. 12, ill, A & B


Notices

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).


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