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IVB-196491

A Maya Slate Mirror-Back

Mexico

13.3 cm (5.2 in)

Provenance

Auction results

Lot 180, Sotheby's, New York — May 28, 1997
Pre-Columbian Art
Estimate: Not spec.
Auction price unknown
Lot 23, Sotheby's, New York — Oct 28, 2025
Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Estimate: USD 10,000 - 15,000
Sold: USD 13,970
USD 13,970

Publications

  • Nicholas M. Hellmuth, The Surface of the Underwaterworld: Iconography of the Gods of Early Classic Maya Art in Peten, Guatemala, Culver City, California, 1987, fig. 134

  • Nicholas M. Hellmuth, Monsters and Men in Pre-Columbian Art, Graz, 1987, p. 232, fig. 490

  • Karl A. Taube, et. al., "The Murals of San Bartolo, El Petén, Guatemala. Part 2: The West Wall," Ancient America, No. 10, 2010, p. 51, fig. 34c