Lidded cache vessel, Classic Period, ca. 550 - 750 AD · Mexico, Maya · ID: 3046860
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Provenance
Private Collection, Arizona, USASize
H: 20 cm, D: 12 cm (lid)
H: 7.9 inch, D: 4.7 inch (lid)
Description
pottery,
Exterior carved with handsome winged Maya deities. Lidded vases were employed to store various precious contents such as the revered cacao drink or beans.
The object Lidded cache vessel, Classic Period, ca. 550 - 750 AD with the object ID 3046860 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 68.
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Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).