MAYA POLYCHROME POTTERY FOOTED DISH WITH ZOOMORPHIC MOTIF

拍品描述

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Maya, Classic Period, Ca. 6th - 10th century AD. >A pottery dish with a wide, shallow bowl and four hollow conical legs, each pierced and likely once containing small pellets so the vessel could sound as a rattle when moved. Beneath the rim are opposed suspension lugs, suggesting it could be hung for storage or display, while red and black painted bands frame the interior. The central tondo presents a zoomorphic motif. > >Size: 215mm x 100mm; Weight: 850g >Provenance: Private UK Collection; ex Private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005.> >

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