Vase cylindrique polychrome, classique tardif, env. 600 - 900 ap. J.-C. · Mexique, Maya · ID: 3049941
Vendu
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
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.
Littérature comparée
Hoffmann, Ulrich (Hg.), Frauen des alten Amerika in Kult und Alltag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 201
Remarques
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).