Pre-Columbian, Honduras, Mayan Ulua Valley, ca. 550 to 850 CE. A charming ceramic bowl painted with pseudo-glyph and abstract motifs on the exterior. The cross-hatched symbols around the lower body are probably related to the glyphs for maize, the agricultural crop upon which the Maya world hinged, and the star of Mayan cosmogony. Size: 6.375" W x 4.25" H (16.2 cm x 10.8 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, New York, USA collection; ex private Miami, Florida, USA collection

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Repaired from two or three large pieces. Motifs on exterior are wonderfully preserved.