Lot 0074A

Maya Polychrome Jar - Birds Playing Ballgame

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Maya Polychrome Jar - Birds Playing Ballgame

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Description

Pre-Columbian, Highlands (Chiapas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador), Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 500 to 800 CE. An attractive pottery jar hand-painted with a band of bird-like creatures playing a ball game along the exterior walls. Boasting hues of black, orange, and red, the vessel presents a cylindrical body with tall walls rising to an annular rim over a deep basin, all supported by a planar base. Size: 5.5" Diameter x 3.8" H (14 cm x 9.7 cm)

Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection; ex-Heritage Auctions, New York, New York, USA, auction #6056, December 5, 2010, lot #56104 (1 of 3)

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Condition

Professionally repaired with minor areas of chipping along visible break lines. Great preservation of pigments and iconography. Accompanied by old Heritage Auctions collection label.