A Published Maya Polychrome Tripod Plate with Muan Bird Deity, Classic Period, ca. 500 - 800 CE Medium - Bronze Custom framed using museum-quality conservation

Custom framed using museum-quality conservation materials

Amenemhet led a gold-mining expedition to Nubia

Provenance:  Paul Ilton private collection

perhaps feet or wing feathers but it is very worn and now hard to make out

garnets have acquired the meaning of fidelity

A Published Maya Polychrome Tripod Plate with Muan Bird Deity, Classic Period, ca. 500 - 800 CE Medium - Bronze Custom framed using museum-quality conservationThis exceptional polychrome tripod plate showcases a powerful supernatural bird, finely painted with confident line work and balanced composition in bold red, cream, and black hues. Dominating the center is the Moan (Muan) Bird, a powerful supernatural entity linked to night, prophecy, and the journey to the underworld. In Late Classic Maya cosmology, this bird is often seen as an embodiment of the Principal Bird Deity; the celestial ruler seated atop