Maya Figure from an Urn, Late Classic, ca. A.D. 550-950

the dramatic figure of the sun deity Kinich Ahau, or God G, modeled on the side of a large cylindrical urn, a serpent binding him at the waist, with legs and arms clutching the sides and head turned around, the face with distinctive scrolled pupils encircled by the crueller knot on the head, barbels descending from the mouth, and large jaguar ears above the thick brows, a plait of striated hair referencing maize silk on top of the head, with a clawed paw projecting on the wall, and with remains of blue, yellow and white pigment.

Ernst Ascher, Paris

By descent in the family

 

Figure is essentially very good, but has losses as shown, includ. PR ear ornament, feet, left hand. The fragment is repaired along a vertical break to the right of the figure.
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This animated depiction of Kinich Ahau was probably one of several figures on a large urn. The deity is a supreme life force, with both benevolent and ominous aspects; the fierce jaguar is the animal most closely associated with him. See Schmidt (1998: fig. 375, and fig. 329).