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THBGuatemalan Escuintla Tiquisate Tripod Cylinder Vessel
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Escuintla, Tiquisate, ca. 400 to 700 CE. An exquisite pottery tripod jar, mold-impressed with 2 panels of iconographic decoration on the tall, cylindrical body, as well as 3 additional, identical images on the slab-form legs, all highlighted with liberal remains of red pigment. Each panel features a kneeing lord god wearing a regal feathered headdress and ear flares as a speech scroll emits from his mouth. A petite animal is featured beneath the lord god, facing upward, while a leafy plant, perhaps intended as the World Tree, is seen before him. A diamond-patterned band protrudes from the tree, wrapping around the figure's waist, suggesting that it represents an umbilical cord called the "Kuxan Sum." Size: 4" Diameter x 11" H (10.2 cm x 27.9 cm)
According to Linda Schele and Peter Matthews in "The Code of Kings"(New York: Touchstone, 1998):"These ropes are the umbilical cord, called the 'Kuxan Sum,' that connected Maya lords to the sky and their source of power and authority. Here they connect Waxaklahun-Ubah-K'awil (Mayan King of Copan, circa 711 A.D.) to that sacred realm." Schele also explains that the Mayan Lords wanted to be seen connected to the 'World Tree' or 'Wakah-Kan,' and the form of World Tree seen on the vessel offered here is known as the "Lion-cloth Tree" with its square nosed serpent branches ending in leaf forms. The 'World Tree' is tied to the 'Mayan Creation Myths,' and also represents the Milky Way itself, along with the correspondence of Venus as the Evening star. The kneeling lord god seen on this vessel may also refer to a Mayan regal personage, such as Waxaklahun-Ubah-K'awil of Copan, Hanab-Pakal of Palenque, and Hasaw-Kan-K'awil of Tikal, and all of these prestigious Mayan kings referred to and linked themselves to Venus, which first appeared as the Evening star, and its association within the World Tree.
This piece was made by the Tiquisate who were inhabitants of Escuintla in the 4th to 6th centuries CE that were not actually Maya. Due to their location, Tiquisate pottery borrowed characteristics from surrounding cultures, as seen here in the slab-shaped feet from Teotihuacan culture and the imagery of the kneeling lord from the Maya.
Provenance: private Lindenhurst, Illinois, USA collection, acquired June 2014; ex-Apolonia Ancient Art, Denver, Colorado, USA; ex-private New York, USA collection; ex-Los Angeles, California, USA collection, acquired in the 1990s; ex-James Baird collection, California, USA, acquired in the 1980s
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#186789Professionally repaired and restored with restoration to one leg and repainting and resurfacing over break lines. A few stable hairline fissures visible near rim of vessel; one extending to base. Light surface wear as shown, but otherwise impressive presentation with great details and liberal remaining pigments. Mineral deposits in areas.Condition
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