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Miniature Maya Polychrome Pottery Cylinder Vessel

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Description

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A hand-built pottery cylinder of petite size with an elaborate geometric motif in black and red pigment atop a white ground. Large, red-hued diamonds create open sections that are filled with either black steps or crosshatched diamonds. Size: 2.98" Diameter x 2.625" H (7.6 cm x 6.7 cm)

Provenance: private Thornton, Colorado, USA collection; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, USA; ex-private New York City, New York, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s

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Condition

Professional repairs to rim and walls, with well-concealed break lines. Abrasions and light fading to pigment, otherwise in great condition. Nice root marks. Previous inventory labels beneath base.