Auction 106
Zemanek-Münster
Polychrome cylinder vase, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 - 900 AD, Guatemala, Petén / Mexico, Chiapas, Maya, Size: H: 19,5 cm D: 10 cm (H: 7.7 inch D: 3.9 inch), ID: 3052964
Polychrome cylinder vase, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 - 900 AD, Guatemala, Petén / Mexico, Chiapas, Maya, Size: H: 19,5 cm D: 10 cm (H: 7.7 inch D: 3.9 inch), ID: 3052964 - 2/8 Polychrome cylinder vase, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 - 900 AD, Guatemala, Petén / Mexico, Chiapas, Maya, Size: H: 19,5 cm D: 10 cm (H: 7.7 inch D: 3.9 inch), ID: 3052964 - 3/8 Polychrome cylinder vase, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 - 900 AD, Guatemala, Petén / Mexico, Chiapas, Maya, Size: H: 19,5 cm D: 10 cm (H: 7.7 inch D: 3.9 inch), ID: 3052964 - 4/8 Polychrome cylinder vase, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 - 900 AD, Guatemala, Petén / Mexico, Chiapas, Maya, Size: H: 19,5 cm D: 10 cm (H: 7.7 inch D: 3.9 inch), ID: 3052964 - 5/8 Polychrome cylinder vase, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 - 900 AD, Guatemala, Petén / Mexico, Chiapas, Maya, Size: H: 19,5 cm D: 10 cm (H: 7.7 inch D: 3.9 inch), ID: 3052964 - 6/8 Polychrome cylinder vase, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 - 900 AD, Guatemala, Petén / Mexico, Chiapas, Maya, Size: H: 19,5 cm D: 10 cm (H: 7.7 inch D: 3.9 inch), ID: 3052964 - 7/8 Polychrome cylinder vase, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 - 900 AD, Guatemala, Petén / Mexico, Chiapas, Maya, Size: H: 19,5 cm D: 10 cm (H: 7.7 inch D: 3.9 inch), ID: 3052964 - 8/8
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Auction 106

Polychrome cylinder vase, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 - 900 AD ·  Guatemala, Petén / Mexico, Chiapas, Maya · ID: 3052964

Starting price
EUR 6,000
Estimated price
EUR 12,000
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Provenance
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, November 1982, lot 26
German Private Collection, Munich
Size
H: 19,5 cm
D: 10 cm
H: 7.7 inch
D: 3.9 inch

Description

ceramic, paint abrasion, scratches, rest.

Tall cylindrical beaker, painted in polychrome colors on a black ground with a narrative scene featuring three anthropomorphic figures. The central figure is emphasized by red body paint and an elaborate headdress. Glyphs appear within a rectangular cartouche on a red ground, with additional glyphs arranged in a continuous band around the rim of the vessel.

Publications

Kerr, Justin, Maya Vase Data Base, An Archive of Rollout Photographs, K 3036 (2001), depicted as drawing by Lin Crocker, 2001

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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