Lot 112

Huge Maya Terracotta Cache Vessel - Shamanic Figure

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Huge Maya Terracotta Cache Vessel - Shamanic Figure

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Starting Bid: $4,000

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June 11, 2026 9:00 AM MDT
Live Auction
Louisville, CO, US

Description:

Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya territories, most likely Peten region., ca. 550 - 900 CE. Large pottery cache vessel - large pottery receptacle for holding personal objects in the tomb usually for deceased elite members of the clan. Applied figure of a costumed ritual personage, likely representing an elite or shamanic individual engaged in ceremonial activity, possibly embodying a supernatural or ancestral force. Such imagery is consistent with vessels deposited as ritual caches in the Maya lowlands. "Wings" to each side. Size: 19" Diameter x 15" H (48.3 x 38.1cm).

Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, ex Knox Artifacts, Scottsdale, AZ 2011, ex Arte Primitivo Gallery, New York, NY, sold September, 2011. Ex Pine Crest School Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL between 1975 and 1986.

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Item # 202630

  • Condition: Repaired from about 200 pieces with restoration over the breaks. Upper flange reinforced and extended at one time to support a lid, which is not available.

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