Name: Mayan Jaguar Effigy Vase
SKU: PF.0581
Price: 4800.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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Mayan Jaguar Effigy Vase

SKU

PF.0581

Circa

600 AD to 900 AD

Medium

Terracotta

Origin

Pacific Slope of Guatemala

Gallery Location

USA

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.

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