A Mayan tripod codex-style plate, Late Classic, AD 550-950

painted in delicate codex style, with the symbolic resurrection scene of Hun-Hunahpu as the Young Maize God, father of the Hero Twins, rising from the  watery and vegetal world,  with long bound coiffure swept up, and flanked by his sons, Xbalanque in front of him with beard and mirror markings on his body, and the diagnostic headband, Hunhunahpu on the right with spotted body and a mask decorating his headband, the rim painted with four glyphs repeating '7imix', and with ritual drill hole at the center.  

Sotheby's, New York, June 2, 1999, lot 176

Break and repair on the rim above the figures, painting on tondo faint in some areas, some strengthening but mainly good.
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The resurrection scene is one of the key events of Maya mythology and the eventful life of the Hero Twins. The rebirth of their father after the defeat of the rulers of Xibalba is the symbolic renewal of life, as the reborn lord represents maize sprouting from the earth. This is sometimes portrayed with the cracked carapace of a turtle representing the earth, with maize sprouting above. 
See Robicsek and Hales (1981: vessel 117) for another codex example, and ibid, (figs. 57 and 58) for the scene in polychrome.