A Maya Lidded Cache Bowl...

Description

A Maya Lidded Cache Bowl
Mesoamerica, Early Classic Period, c. 250-450 AD

This monumental two-part blackware lidded cache vessel has incised glyph decoration on both sides of the vessel and lid. The reduction fired black surface is burnished to a satin, almost leather-like finish. The finely incised decoration depicts an abstract rendering of the profile head of the Maya Long Nose god having a large eye at the top center, and his nose extending off to the left, and within the abstract facial structure are four glyph symbols. The image is repeated four times, on opposite sides and on the lid. The vessel has a lower flange around the base with a tapered stepped lid with a large slightly tapered knob finial. In very good condition, the bowl professionally restored from approximately six large original parts, with repair hiding the breaks. The lid's top section was broken off and professionally reattached to the upper part with knob. This type of vessel would have been interred with a king or important dignitary, used to hold precious objects that the ruler would need in the afterlife.

Provenance:
A Private Collection, Scottsdale, AZ
Stendahl Gallery, Los Angels, CA
The Estate of Albert Whittington (1873-1966), Paducah, KY

Diameter: 14 inches

More Information: In overall very good condition, considering its age. The bowl professionally restored from approximately six large original parts, with repairs hiding the breaks. The lid's top section was broken off and professionally reattached to the upper part with knob. Surface with areas of heavy abrasions.


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