Maya Dish with Monkey
A Pre-Columbian Mayan high walled dish with a monkey holding a corn cob and serving a corn tamale. The scene repeats itself with the monkey serving a pod and followed by a glyph with the sound of "O." The bottom is painted with a typical Mayan brush design. Late Classic Period, Ca. 500 - 800 AD. Height: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm). Diameter: 7 3/4 in. (19.6 cm). The Maya were the dominant culture in Meso-America between the 3rd century BC and the end of the first millennium AD. Their architecture and art are of the finest found in Pre-Columbian America. Their highly developed pottery industry produced a wide variety of vase forms that varied widely in their decorative motifs and functions. Formerly in a New York private collection.
Inv#: 7296
$7,500
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