Fine Pre-columbian Maya Polychrome Cylinder

Pre-Columbian, Maya, Ulua Valley, Honduras, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A round-bottomed cylinder jar with a huge repeated motif of a feathered deity painted in fine-line black, dark brown, red, and orange on

A beautiful Maya polychrome cylinder from Guatemala, ca. 600-900 A.D. Checkered red and cream pattern with upper register with undeciphered glyphs. Vivid paint, strong mineral deposits. A nice example

A Pre-Columbian Mayan / Maya polychrome ceramic cylinder vessel. Late Classic, 550-950 AD. Painted in shades of orange and black with geometric motifs and stylized mat symbols, encircled with a band o

Ulua Valley, or Petan Ca. 500 to 800 AD. Deep cylindrical vessel on three raised tripod legs in cream painted pigment and with a schematic hieroglyphic band (primary standard sequence?) incised on the

Pre-Columbian, Maya territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. Wow! A wonderful example of a cylinder vessel, brightly polychrome, with three carved black relief symbols depicting the head of a myt

Donated By: Donick Cary, Emmy-Award winning writer/producer (Letterman /Simpsons / Parks and Recreation /Silicon Valley) Pre-Columbian, Maya, Ulua Valley, Honduras, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An iconographica

Pre-Columbian, Maya, El Salvador, Classic Period, ca. 700 to 900 CE. This is a Copador-style bowl with the classic deep red painted band around the rim and decorated exterior with a flower-like design

Pre-Columbian, Honduras, Maya, Ulua Valley, ca. 550 to 850 CE. A wonderful polychrome cylinder vessel with incredibly rich iconography. Black background with three underworld deities - including eithe

Pre-Columbian, Honduras, Maya, Ulua Valley, Dedalos type, early classic Ulua I period, ca. 450 to 550 CE. A hand-built pottery cylinder vase decorated with 3 human figures kneeling among fruitful caca

Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A fragmentary polychrome cylinder vessel boasting elaborate imagery of a seated lord or shaman feeding a long-beaked bird. Rows

Pre-Columbian, Late Classic Maya, ca. 550 to 850 CE. This is a tall example of a cylinder vessel made from heavy grained terracotta pottery and slipped with red/orange, black, and cream. Around the ri

Pre-Columbian, Honduras, Ulua Valley, ca. 550 to 850 CE. A fine pottery cylinder vase in bright orange, red and black, the vessel itself molded in the form of a gourd, perhaps in the pumpkin family. A

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico and Guatemala, Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A tall, thin cylinder vessel with glyphs and a depiction of standing figures around its body. Each figure dep

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Guatemala and southern Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 700 to 900 CE. A polychrome cylinder vessel with sides that widen very gently to the upper should

Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Rio Chixoy region, Maya, Chama type, Late Classic Period, ca. 7th to 9th century CE. An incredibly rare example of a Maya Chama cylinder vase due to its extremely narrow prod

Pre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built pottery cylinder of tall form with a gently swollen midsection and a planar base. The s

Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An impressive pottery cylinder vessel boasting intricately incised glyphs and vibrant remains of stucc

Pre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador type, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built pottery cylinder vase of slightly corseted form, with stone-burnished exterior sur

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Guatemala, Peten Region, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A beautiful, hand-built pottery cylinder vessel of a flat-bottomed form with tall walls, a thick

Pre-Columbian, Maya, Classic Period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. This is a gorgeous polychrome pottery bowl instantly recognizable as Maya with repeated glyph-like designs around the exterior that show Quetzal

Pre-Columbian, Maya, possibly Guatemala, Late Classic Period, ca. 700 to 850 CE. This is a fine earthenware cylinder vessel, decorated with incised fine cross-hatching and geometric designs. At one ti

Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Peten Region, Late Classic Maya, ca. 700 to 800 CE. A beautiful cylinder jar with a simple, elegant design. The interior is an earthy red - it flows upward and spills over th

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico and Guatemala, Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A massive ceramic tripod plate with rich, strongly-painted, black-outlined motifs. In tondo is an absolutely

Pre-Columbian, Maya territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built bichrome pottery cylinder vase on small tripod feet, its exterior walls retaining red iconography on a light grey ground.