Pre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador type, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery bowl of the Copador type with a slightly rounded but stable base, petite protuberances along the exterior walls, a flared rim, and a deep basin. Along the exterior is a set of 4 right-facing avian creatures, perhaps parrots, each with an aquiline beak and colorful feathers. The basin surfaces are decorated with a quartet of pseudo-glyphs in red and black that surround a large, encircled X in the middle. Size: 8" W x 3.4" H (20.3 cm x 8.6 cm)

Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection, purchased May 16, 2020; ex-Rbfinearts CFL, Inc., Tavares, Florida, USA

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#170645

Repair with restoration and overpainting to 2 areas of rim. Abrasions, several nicks and spalls, light encrustations, and fading to pigment. Nice preservation to avian motif around exterior. Old inventory label beneath base.