Mayan culture bowl. Classic period, 250-900 A.D.Terracotta.Measurements: 13 cm (height) x 15.5 cm (diameter).Mayan pottery covers a wide variety of typologies, both for use and rituals, pieces decorated with reliefs and incised motifs, monochrome engobes or with figurative polychrome motifs, later on. They were always pieces made by modeling, since this culture did not know the potter's wheel. The colors used were always engobes, with a clay base, and the vessels were fired at a low temperature of approximately 800ºC. Unlike monuments, which were intended to be seen by everyone, ceramics enjoyed great freedom among the Maya, since they were intended for private use, whether daily or funerary. Hence the multiplicity of decorative styles and typologies, including jars for storing essences and medicines, tableware, incense burners and even articulated statuettes. Unlike monuments, which were intended to be seen by everyone, ceramics enjoyed great freedom among the Maya, since they were intended for private use, whether for daily or funerary purposes. Hence the multiplicity of decorative styles and typologies, including jars for storing essences and medicines, tableware, incense burners and even articulated statuettes.