TL-TESTED STANDING FIGURE ON PEDESTAL - MAYA CIVILIZATION, GUATEMALA, C. 13TH CENTURY
TL-TESTED STANDING FIGURE ON PEDESTAL - MAYA CIVILIZATION, GUATEMALA, C. 13TH CENTURY
Red clay
Maya civilization, Guatemala, c. 13th century
TL-test certificate no. 507032, dated October 1995, by the Kotalla laboratory in Germany included
Hollow figure in form of a standing vegetation deity on a pedestal, holding a fruit with both hands. This unusual figure is crude in execution but nevertheless very expressive.
Dimensions: HEIGHT 38 CM, BASE DIAMETER 12 CM
Condition: usual traces of wear and age, chips and small restored areas
Provenance: Harmer Rooke Galleries, New York, acquired around 1995