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Al fresco painting of under water scene

Annotation on index card: Three-footed mug made of fine clay, painted in polychrome. On a white ground in red-brown, orange, ochre yellow and light blue. Mythological (?) scene: A figure drawn as if floating (right leg folded under) is holding out a large hieroglyph (?) with an outstretched arm. Large lotus blossom with fish on the headdress. The second person is difficult to recognise due to sintering, human figure with animal head (?).

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
crock
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 15,9 x 10,3 x 10,3 cm
Gewicht: < 2 kg
Material/Technique
Clay (painted al fresco)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 46181

Provenance and sources

when
Late Classical
where
Mexico
Chiapas [Bundesstaat]
South Chiapas [Bundesstaat]
who
Maya

who
Stolper Galleries (Robert L. Stolper) - Former Possessors

Description
Purchase 1970

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