Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Cylinder

Description:

Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Cylinder, Maya, c. 550-950 A.D., the slightly flared form depicting four elite figures wearing elaborate headdresses and ornaments, pink glyph band encircling rim and between portraits, (paint loss),ht. 4 1/8 dia. 3 7/8 in.
Literature: Illustrated in Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classical Period by Dorie Reents-Budet, p. 168.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

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