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Large Mayan Cylinder - Carved Glyph Band
Large Mayan Cylinder - Carved Glyph Band
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Description
Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, ca. 550 to 850 CE. A very large and attractive cylinder! Slightly corseted in form, the lower section in brown slip, band of deeply carved glyphs just below the rim which was decorated in red/orange slip. Cups such as this were made for drinking coca - a bitter version of chocolate that we would probably not recognize today. Glyphs can probably be translated. Size: 9-1/2"H x 6-1/2" in diameter at rim.

Provenance: Ex P. Davis via descent, acquired between 1985 and 1995

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#109146
Condition
Intact and excellent with one shallow chip to rim.
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Large Mayan Cylinder - Carved Glyph Band

Estimate $900 - $1,200
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Starting Price $400
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