Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 36
A Maya circular bowl
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1400
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Description
A Maya circular bowl
Peten Region, Mexico, circa 600 AD
onyx, on a shallow foot with flared side, with two engraved glyphs of a ring with two crowned animal heads, with the remains of a red cinnabar,
11cm high, 7.6cm diameter.
Provenance
John Wise Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, Canada, acquired from the above in 1981.