A Maya Cylinder Vase...

Description

A Maya Cylinder Vase
Maya Regions, Mesoamerica, Late Classic, c. 600-900 AD

Earthenware with polychrome pints in red-brown and black on orange. Depicts three standing warriors, painted black with red faces, wearing large headdresses with plumes at top, holding large spears with banners-- two segmented banners and one solid, each wearing a belt with apron front and back and a large plumed back piece. In good condition, reconstructed from approximately 11 pieces with restoration over the break lines.

Provenance:
Ex Collection: Paul Tishman
An unknown Parke Bernet sale, 1970s
Deaccessioned from the Museum of Primitive Art in 1967
Ex-Collection of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, prior to 1966

Height: 5 ½ inches

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