Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription

Pre-Columbian Mayan Pottery Offering Bowl with Hieroglyphic Inscription

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 El Salvador or Honduras,  Ca. 600 to 900 AD

Shallow bowl in form with raised side walls deeply carved hieroglyphic inscription along exterior. Red pigment rubbed throughout. The red coloring was obtained from minerals such as hematite or cinnabar are symbolic and the red may have represented blood and life force, closely tied to themes of ritual, vitality, and elite status within Maya society.  

intact. Size: 2-5/8”D.  

Provenance:    Private Florida collection. Ex. Barry Kernerman, Toronto, ex. Samuel Dubiner collection, Tel Aviv, Israel, acquired 1960’s.

 

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