Name: Incense Burner with a Reliquary Lid in the shape of an Old Man
IDAEH Cultural Property No: 1.2.1.0315
Category: Incensario
Description:
Period: CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.) Early Classic (150/200- 650 AD).
Provenance: Pacific Coast of Guatemala
Medium / Material: Clay
Technique: Appliqué / application, Grooving, Incised, Modeled, Molded, Painting
Location: Biblioteca UVG
Dimensions:

Total Height (Base and Lid): 70 cm

Base “a”
Height: 52.5 cm; Width: 21 cm;
Diameter: 27.5 cm

Lid “b”
Height: 17.5 cm; Diameter: 27 cm

References to similar objects:

Exhibitions:

1. “THE HUMAN FIGURE AND BODY DECORATION IN PRE-COLUMBIAN TIMES”. Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española, Antigua Guatemala (Jul. 17, 2016- Feb. 26 2017)

2. Exhibited in the lobby of the Hotel Hyatt Centric Guatemala from august 2017 to October 7, 2020

3. Library of the CIT Building at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (Special Collections Section). Lot #1 for indefinite time since June 3, 2021

Publications:

Photograph:
Photo credits: Jorge Pérez de Lara