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Mayan Jaguar Effigy Vase - PF.0581
Origin: Pacific Slope of Guatemala
Circa: 600
AD
to 900
AD
Dimensions:
5.25" (13.3cm) high
x 5.125" (13.0cm) wide
Catalogue: V2
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Mayan
Medium: Terracotta
$4,800.00
Location: United States
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For the Maya, the jaguar was one of the three
primary deities of the pantheon, and represented
the night sun. How wonderfully the artist has
spread the stylized anatomy of the ferocious cat
across the broad, friendly contours of the vase,
making us want to hold him and pet him.
- (PF.0581)
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