High Mayan polychrome vessel, painted in ocher, brown, and black depicting two gods or priests sitting opposite each other in front of a stele with a skull attached on it. One god is holding a snake, the other a rubber ball. A band of glyphs encircles the rim, meaning ‘woman/flower’ – ‘heart/deer’. Restored With TL-analysis from Laboratory Ralf Kotala, nr.: 03120704 Ex German private collection, Dr. G. W. Collected between 1980 and 2015 Exhibited: Maya. Meisterwerke altindianischer Kunst, Galerie Alt-Amerika, Stuttgart, 17.6.2005 – 6.8.2005 • Late Classic Period, ca. 600 – 900 AD • Height: 18.5 cm • Diameter: 11.6 cm
