Buste (Maya)
presenting a deity personifying the glyph of the number zero. He wears a turban around his head and large tambas over his ears. His face with skeletal features, symbolizes the passage from life to death. His chin evokes the distinctive sign of the hand placed on the left cheek, with the head of a raptor placed on the right cheek. Representations of this glyph symbolizing the number zero are extremely rare, as well as the deity represented here associated with it.
Orange beige terracotta, slightly broken and glued on the lower part, a few missing pieces due to time.
Maya, classical period, Mexico or Guatemala, 600-900 AD.
36 x 25 x 17 cm
A thermoluminescence test concluding the authenticity of this work, from the Archeolabstl laboratory will be given to the buyer.
