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THBLarge Maya Polychrome Plate, Seated Dignitary
Lot 96
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Pre-Columbian, Highlands (Chiapas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador), Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 600 CE. A large orangeware plate featuring a fine depiction of a dignitary or priest seated in profile, with a well-drawn visage and form in the classic Maya style. The figure wears an impressive striated headdress, large earspool, and is adorned with a variety of geometric motifs. In addition, this bowl was ritually "sacrificed" by having a "kill hole" put through its center; it was then placed into a tomb as an offering. Size: 14.75" W x 2.25" H (37.5 cm x 5.7 cm)
The Maya Classic phase is so named because it was the peak of their artistic and cultural achievements. Elaborate plates like this one were designed to be instantly distinguishable from those used for everyday eating or drinking - not just in decoration, but also in quantity produced, making this a much rarer find than a piece of strictly utilitarian pottery. Instead, a plate like this example was made to be used for ceremonial feasts, ritual purposes, placed into a tomb as an offering, and/or as a prestigious gift that emphasized the power of the giver and bound the recipient to the giver through a form of purchased loyalty. Scholars posit that Maya kings and queens probably gave them to local governors, for example. Interestingly, the artists who created them were also often minor royalty or nobility, especially the ones who could paint glyphs - as literacy seems to have been reserved for the Maya elite.
Provenance: ex-Einbender collection, New York City, New York, USA, acquired from Judith Small Nash, New York City, New York, USA, 1993
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#161954Repaired from about 6 to 8 pieces with restoration over the break lines and areas of the rim. Paint has been touched up, especially the black on the figure. Expected surface wear with some pitting in the center. Deliberate perforation in the center of the bowl (a "kill hole"). Nice root marks and scattered deposits.Condition
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