Offering or incense bowl, Late Classical or Early Post-Classical period, ca. 600 - 1250 AD · Mexico / Belize, Maya · ID: 3052947
German Private Collection, Munich
Description
light beige ceramic with remnants of white pigment and calcareous deposits, loss, restorations to the right ear and ear plug, as well as to the trunk, rest.
A shallow, recessed bowl with thorn-like projections along the lower rim, set on a cylindrical base with an elaborately pierced front, depicting the highly stylized head of the rain god “Chaac”. He is shown with a trunk-like, upward-curving nose and two downward-curving fangs.
The object Offering or incense bowl, Late Classical or Early Post-Classical period, ca. 600 - 1250 AD with the object ID 3052947 was last part of the auction Auction 106 at April 25, 2026 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 34 achieved a sales price of EUR 5,000.
Expertise
Thermoluminescence report, No. 098804, R. Kotalla, Haigerloch, 4 May 1988
Notices
This object is subject to the Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).