A Maya polychrome plate, Campeche region, Late Classic, ca. A.D. 550-950

on low tripod feet, boldly painted on the deep bowl with two seated figures facing right with hands in gesture, wearing turbans with long sashes, and striped skirts, supported on a platform decorated below with water lily motif.

Andre Emmerich, Inc., 1972

Generally good, has one central break and repair down the center vertically, and a triangular break and repair and the base, with small fill on the rim at approximate 6 o'clock position . Some inpainting on the figures.
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Cf. von Winning (1968: fig. 409), for a highly similar plate, showing this bold Campeche style of figures.