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THBMaya Ulua Valley Pottery Bowl - Pelicans
Lot 4
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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, Honduras, Mayan Ulua Valley, ca. 550 to 850 CE. A beautiful bowl from a unique Maya tradition with a deep interior, gently incurved rim, and a motif of pelicans painted around its exterior. The background of the vessel is a creamy, pale beige, with a thick black band wrapped around much of the exterior body from the flat base to just below the rim. This black band is punctuated periodically with images of pelicans and glyph-like symbols. Ancient Maya people living in this region - which is near the Atlantic coast of Honduras - would have observed several species of pelicans and may have been inspired by their beauty; birds also had a symbolic power in the Maya religion because they are able to occupy the liminal space between earth and sky. Size: 6" W x 3.2" H (15.2 cm x 8.1 cm)
The Ulua Valley, centered around the large city of Cerro Palenque, is a mystery for archaeologists. Unlike the Maya, they left no written records (the glyphoid designs on this vessel do not form words), and their connection to the Classic Maya is unclear. It seems to have been a point of trade and transport - a connecting link - between the Maya world further north and Central America. The pottery from the Ulua Valley is part of a very unique tradition, different even from those found at nearby Copan.
Provenance: private New York, USA collection begun in 1966; ex-Lands Beyond Gallery, New York, USA, 1999; ex-Oscar Zelaya Family collection
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#151397Expertly repaired from four or five large pieces; this is well done and difficult to discern with very small areas of overpainting along the break lines. Nice deposits on surface, especially on interior. Otherwise in lovely condition with beautifully preserved motifs.Condition
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