Details of the bird are rendered on the lid where its head forms the knob and its wings spread out onto the expanse of the lid.
Mayan ceramic pan.
Mayan vase depicting a costumed noble.
A characteristic ceramic bowl was one made in the shape of a tropical bird perhaps a cormorant in the act of catching a fish in its beak.
Highly decorated ceremonial vessel on low ring base the pictorial field decorated with two seated chiefs holding bowls the panels separated by slanted columns with geometric design.
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Some colours used are brilliant brown red and beige.
The bird s forehead is marked with a disk probably depicting a mirror.
It was fairly common in mayan cities to bury vast quantities of ceramics along with a deceased nobleman as a way of helping him in his journey through the underworld.
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Throughout the mayan world different styles were used to produce different types of ceramics.
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These included the ik style and the chama style among others.
One of the examples of ancient maya pottery is bulbous shaped terracotta vessel the side handles with the heads of open mouthed jaguars a seated figure in an elaborate feathered costume on both sides.
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Ceramic vessels nourished in both life and death.
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The maya had specific techniques to create inscribe paint and design pottery to begin creating a ceramic vessel the maya had to locate the proper resources for clay and temper the present day indigenous maya who currently live in guatemala belize and southern mexico still create.
They held food and drink for daily life but also offerings in dedicatory caches and burials which range from the simplest graves to the richest royal tombs.
Painted in bright shades of red orange and black on a white cream ground the interior a reddish brown.