Maya Polychrome Bowl with Stepped Scroll Panels

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Maya, ca. 550–950 CE. A deep, round-bottomed earthenware bowl with gently curving walls that rise to a slightly thickened rim. The rim carries a band of deep red slip. Below it, cream panels are set into a warm orange ground. Each panel is framed by bold black outlines and crossed by an orange stepped band that ends in a curling scroll. Small dotted marks and short parallel strokes at the end of the band suggest a much-abstracted creature, perhaps a limb or claw, though the motif may be purely geometric. The interior is slipped a plain, even orange with root marks and manganese deposits. Size: 4.1" W x 9.25" Diam (10.4 cm W x 23.5 cm Diam).

Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection, acquired May 1, 2013 from Arte Primitivo, New York, USA, Auction 65, lot 65; ex-private Florida, USA collection; ex-Foreign Unlimited Gallery, Charles Warren, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA, acquired 1970s to 1980s

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Item #205620

Condition
Small chip to rim and stable pressure fissure radiating from the base, but otherwise intact. Root marks and manganese deposits throughout.