Cylindrical vase of codex type, it is painted... Lot 91

Cylindrical vase of codex type, it is painted of a lord sitting on his throne holding in one of his hands a brush and in the other a three-toothed tool (shown twice). His face in profile has a beautiful, concentrated and alert expression; he wears a magnificent headdress attesting to his important status within the polychrome terracotta clan, slightly faded decoration, a small micro crack of about 4cm on the upper Maya, post-classical period, 900-1100 AD 14.5 x 10cm Provenance: Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, 1980s, former American collection Bibliography: Michael D.Coe, indi justin Kerr, the art of the maya scribe, NY 1998; FIG.76 for a work that's close. Sotheby's de NY Sale May 12, 2005, #300 in the catalogue