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LATE CLASSIC, CA. A.D. 550 - 950
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MAYAN CARVED VESSEL
LATE CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 550 - 950
boldly carved on each side with a rectangular panel filled with the visage of one of the versions of the Sun God, Kinich'Ahau, with upward turned snout, prototypical spiral-incised, staring eye with three circles along the lower eyelid, the gaping jaw covered with the mat symbol, wearing jade ear flares, a band of glyphs above, possibly including the glyph for cacao, painted in a black slip and incised areas heightened with red pigment.
Height 9 in. (22.9 cm.)
LATE CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 550 - 950
boldly carved on each side with a rectangular panel filled with the visage of one of the versions of the Sun God, Kinich'Ahau, with upward turned snout, prototypical spiral-incised, staring eye with three circles along the lower eyelid, the gaping jaw covered with the mat symbol, wearing jade ear flares, a band of glyphs above, possibly including the glyph for cacao, painted in a black slip and incised areas heightened with red pigment.
Height 9 in. (22.9 cm.)
Exhibited
Iphofen, Der Siegeszug der sussen Verfuhrung, Schokolade. Knauf-Museum Iphofen, March - July 2004.