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THBPublished Maya Pottery Ritual Cache Vessel w/ GI
Lot 134
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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, Central America, Guatemala, Peten region, Maya culture, Early Classic Period, Tzakol phase, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. An incredible and sizable example of a ritual cache vessel, hand-built from pottery and covered with red-orange slip, featuring the incised glyph of a Maya deity known as "GI." The flat-bottomed vessel exhibits tall walls that flare gently outwards just before forming the thick rim, and the basin interior is deep enough to contain ample human remains. Incised on the obverse exterior surface is GI - also known as Chac Xib Chac - a rain god associated with the watery Maya underworld and part of the Palenque Triad. The left-facing head of GI dons an avian form of the Quadripartite Badge headdress with a flowing tail and a shark tooth perforator on top piercing a stylized knot. Septum ornaments, braided ear decorations, and elaborate neck finery all adorn the guise of Chac Xib Chac, perhaps to signify his involvement in and worship during blood sacrifices indicated by the perforator above. The incised visage of this deity is wonderfully preserved on the side of this vessel. Size: 14.625" Diameter x 8.625" H (37.1 cm x 21.9 cm)
Unlike many other ancient civilizations, the Maya did not have cemeteries or necropoli. Instead, they buried human remains with ritual caches of pottery filled with offerings of jade, beads, and other precious items throughout the landscape in which they lived. Scholars posit that these caches were perceived as 'earth offerings' as they have been found buried in and around architectural structures as well as some being found in floors, in the fill of buildings, or even set into walls. These caches may have been used as dedications for newly built structures, markers for the end of a building's use, or some type of renewal ceremony relating to the broader concept of Maya cosmology and its relation to the natural agricultural cycle. Cache vessels like this example were typically sealed with form-fitting lids to protect the interred contents.
Published in: Hellmuth, Nicholas M. "Monster und Menschen in der Maya-Kunst." Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz, 1987, p. 70, illustration 79.
Provenance: ex-private Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA collection; ex-Heritage Auctions, Texas, USA (November 20, 2020); ex-private Wichita, Kansas, USA collection, between 1960s to 1970s
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#168926Professional restoration around bottom of walls as well as either side of incised glyph from rim to base, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines; a few petite fissures still visible along rim and within basin. Abrasions and light pitting to rim, walls, basin, and base, with minor softening to some details of incised decoration, some fire darkening to pigment along exterior surfaces, and light fading to other areas of pigment. Great preservation to incised glyph on front and nice remaining coloration to vessel throughout.Condition
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