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Lot 165

A Maya Codex Style Cylinder Vessel
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$5,000 - 7,000
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$11,875
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Lot Description

A Maya Codex Style Cylinder Vessel
Classic Period, Circa 650 to 850 A.D.
Height 4 3/4 inches (12 cm).
Property from Judson C. Ball, Scottsdale, Arizona

Provenance:
The Huber Collection, New York.
Walter Knox (Knox Artifacts Gallery), Scottsdale, Arizona.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 26 August 2015.

Published: 
Number K3366 in the Maya Vase Data Base, 2 January 1999.

This vase shows the abstract image of the War Serpent. Atop this vessel is a band of nine glyphs translated by Michael Coe that reads: 'Here it is | His writing | A dedication to a female deity | The scribe's name | On the surface | Of the vase | For the holding of | Cacao [Chocolate]'.

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