Description:

Pre-Columbian, Honduras, Mayan Ulua Valley, ca. 550 to 850 CE. A well-preserved shallow ceramic bowl decorated in the distinctive style of the Ulua Valley, an interesting satellite of the Classical Mayan world. The bowl has deep red and orange rings painted around its interior and a series of abstract mythological creatures painted in black, red, and orange around its exterior. Size: 8.15" W x 3.2" H (20.7 cm x 8.1 cm)

The Ulua Valley, centered around the large city of Cerro Palenque, is a mystery for archaeologists - unlike the Maya, they left no written records (the glyphoid designs on this vessel do not form words), and their connection to the Classic Maya is unclear. It seems to have been a point of trade and transport - a connecting link - between the Maya world further north and Central America. The pottery from the Ulua Valley is part of a very unique tradition different even from those found at nearby Copan.

Provenance: private Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA collection

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  • Condition: A few tiny chips from rim, but otherwise in very nice condition, with root marks and light manganese deposits on surface, as well as nice preservation of motifs.

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