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XXE-196489

A Maya Plate

mexico

37.2 cm (14.6 in)

Provenance

Auction results

Lot 190, Sotheby's, New York — May 28, 1997
Pre-Columbian Art
Estimate: Not spec.
Lot 21, Sotheby's, New York — Oct 28, 2025
Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Estimate: USD 50,000 - 70,000
Sold: USD 69,850
USD 69,850

Publications

  • Francis Robicsek and Donald Hales, The Maya Book of the Dead: The Ceramic Codex, Charlottesville, 1981, p. 59 and p. 63, vessel 72

  • Gerald Berjonneau and Jean-Louis Sonnery, Rediscovered Masterpieces of Mesoamerica, Brussels, 1985, fig. 376

  • Dorie Reents-Budet, Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period, Durham and London, 1994, p. 36, fig. 2.1, pp. 314-315, cat. I, and inside front cover (illus.)

  • Michael D. Coe and Justin Kerr, The Art of the Maya Scribe, London, 1997, cover illus. and pp. 88-89, fig. 37

  • Maya Vase Database, mayavase.com, fig. K5824

Exhibitions

  • Dallas Museum of Art, Chocolate Pots and Tomb Guardians from Ancient Mexico, June 2, 1990 - November 30, 1990

  • Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period, January 15, 1994 - April 23, 1995

  • Seattle Art Museum, Art of the Ancient Americas, December 11, 2003 - July 19, 2004