Polychrome Cylinder Vase, Late Classic, c. 600 - 900 AD
Mexico, Maya
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Merrin Gallery, New York City, USAAmerican Private Collection, New York City
Arte Primitivo, New York, June 8, 2009, Lot 170
Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany
Size
H: 18,5 cm
D: 10 cm
H: 7.3 inch
D: 3.9 inch
Description
ceramic, red slip paint, rest.
Iconography: bird deity “Vucub-Caquix” and “Itzam-Ye”, the “serpent bird”, a deity in bird form which nested in the axis of the great Ceiba tree, the World Tree, which connected the underworld with the middle world (earth) and upper world. From its perch, “Itzam-Ye” could see all of creation and knew all the secrets of all three planes of existence.
Comparing literature
Hoffmann, Ulrich (Hg.), Frauen des alten Amerika in Kult und Alltag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 201Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).