Mayan pre Columbian
Maya ceramic Vessel in Painted terracotta, decorated pottery
Great grandfather in family for decades
Inherited
Maybe
Dear Catalina,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry once again. So that I may best assist you, can you please upload a few better images?
Thanks
This particular vessel is 11 cm high and ~ 9cm wide. I put the images of the bowl in the other email you sent, I may have switched the images for the items (sorry). I also added images of a small vase I have and a tripod, not for you to appraise at this moment but for you to understand the spectrum of the collection. There are 3 tripods in my collection and two larger vases along with several bowls and a few necklaces. Not all items may be Mayan, but I don't know where they are from. The items have been with me here, in the US, since 1983 when I moved here.
Hello!
I’m very glad that you chose Mearto, again, for your online appraisal.
Considering the photos, this item is:
According to this images, I doubt this might be a Mayan vessel, or any other Pre-Columbian ceramic vessel, as the pattern, decoration, material and techniques do not match. Despite it is quite hard to be certain without knowing its origins or provenance, I believe this mist be a Cypro-Archaic ( I-II) pottery amphora with straight neck in a variant of White Painted/ Bichrome ware (11 cm high - 9 cm wide). It is very difficult once again to be certain about this, as although it does not match with any pre-columbian typical ware, just based on images it is not possible to know. I am basing my judge on shape, technique, and decoration (possibly wheelmade; globular-ovoid body on a rounded ring base; short conical neck with a thick swelling rim; pair of opposing loop handles; fairly coarse cream-buff clay covered with a similar slip, over which has been added a dark brown slip on body, with added white details on the neck).
Once again and I stated on my last appraisal with you, I’m afraid I cannot provide further information as there is no provenance statement or origins clear, as well as no guarantee that these pieces, if indeed authentic, were acquired according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. In order to be sold, the international law also require an export license that the owner must take care of. Do you think it is possible to get any of this documents?
PROVENANCE: Inherited
around 600 - 1200 *
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
Please let us know if you have additional items to appraise, and thank you again for using Mearto.
sure thing!