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132 *223 MAYAN POLYCHROME CYLINDER VASE LATE CLASSIC Ca. A. D. 550-950 Painted with a complex mythical procession possibly illustrating a key episode in the Popol Vuh with the Hero Twins, composed of four dignitaries, each with black painted bodies, two sporting jaguar pelts and their bodies painted with jaguar markings and belts with a fi shnet pattern, each holding an implement, possibly a torch, alternating with three costumed fi gures, including one in a jaguar costume with a fi shnet costume, resembling serpent skin or fi sh scales, and this neck wrapped in knotted scarf associated with sacrifi ce, another in a supernatural costume of a sacred beast with little dots(blood?) emanating from his raised left hand and a third dancing personage in fantastic helmet with a fl owing jaguar skin cape and jaguar tattoos on his arms holding a copal(?) bag, with a band of glyphs around the rim, in pale and dark orange, pink and black. The Maya Hero Twins are the central fi gures of a narrative included within the colonial Quiché document called Popol Vuh and constituting the oldest Maya myth to have been preserved in its entirety. Called Hunahpu and Xbalanque in Quiché, the Twins have also been identifi ed in the ceramic art of the Classic Mayas (200-900 AD). The Twin motif recurs in many Native American mythologies; the Mayan Twins in particular could be considered as mythical ancestors to the Mayan ruling lineages. In one episode, the Twins answered a summons to entertain the Lords of the Xibalba, the Underworld. Their identities remained secret as they donned costumes, claiming to be orphans and vagabonds. Incognito they went through their gamut of miracles, slaying a dog and bringing it back from the dead, causing the Lords’ house to burn around them while the inhabitants were unharmed, and then bringing the house back from the ashes. In a climactic performance, Xbalanque cut Hunahpu apart and off ered him as a sacrifi ce, only to have the older brother rise once again from the dead. Enthralled by the performance, One Death and Seven Death, the highest lords of Xibalba, demanded that the miracle be performed upon them. The Twins obliged by killing and off ering the lords as a sacrifi ce, but predictably did not bring them back from the dead. The twins then shocked the Xibalbans by revealing their identities as Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Height 16.5 cm Provenance New York Collection € 7 500 – 9 500
224 MAYAN MOLD MADE BALLPLAYER, JAINA LATE CLASSIC Ca. A. D. 550-950 Attired in the traditional wide ball yoke ornamented with a monster’s head and jewelry, with details highlighted in white pigment. Height 14.3 cm Provenance Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, 1950s Exhibited New York, Art of the Maya Civilization, Martin Widdifi eld Gallery, September 4-October 5, 1957 Kunst aus Mexiko und Mittelamerika, An Exhibition from 1958-1960 featured in Munich, Zurich, Paris, The Hague, Berlin, Vienna, Frankfurt and Rome Literature Peterson, Jeanette, Precolumbian Flora and Fauna: Continuity of Plant and Animal Themes in Mesoamerican Art, pg. 65, fi g. 37 € 2 500 – 3 500 225 MAYAN JADE PENDANT LATE CLASSIC Ca. A. D. 550-950 The dignitary’s face carved with subtle features, small, closed mouth and downward cast eyes, rounded cheeks and striated hair; in pale to bright green stone, pierced for suspension. Height 4.2 cm Provenance Robert Stolper Gallery, Munich, 1977 € 1 500 – 2 500 226 MAYAN POLYCHROME PLATE LATE CLASSIC Ca. A. D. 550-950 Standing on tiny tripod supports painted in dark orange and black on a pale orange ground with a dignitary seated on a raised dais gesturing with his right hand toward a bundle of off erings, the fl aring sides further painted with two stylized long-necked cormorants separated by a panel by stylized feathers. Diameter 26.3 cm Acquired in the 1970s in Holland € 950 – 1 150 133
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