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Maya Copador Bowl w/ Scribes & Turkeys
Maya Copador Bowl w/ Scribes & Turkeys
Item Details
Description
Pre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador type, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery bowl decorated with black and red pigment atop a light orange ground. Within the basin is a procession of 3 stylized turkeys, each with a branch or stem held in its red-painted beak, and surrounding the exterior is a series of 4 right-facing scribes. Size: 8.44" Diameter x 3.9" H (21.4 cm x 9.9 cm)

Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000

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#185491
Condition
Professional repair and restoration, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and light fading to pigment, with scattered calcifications and earthen deposits, otherwise in nice condition. Great remains of decorative motifs throughout. Previous inventory label beneath base.
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Maya Copador Bowl w/ Scribes & Turkeys

Estimate $800 - $1,200
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Starting Price $400
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Artemis Gallery

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Auction Curated By
Bob Dodge
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
Sydelle Dienstfrey
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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