Subject to U.S. Import Restriction El Salvador - Maya Fine Orange Tripod Vase Click on thumbnail to access full page image. Vases with straight or rounded sides and pedestal base, also open bowls. Made of fine paste with orange slipped surface.
Decoration consists of figural scenes produced from carved molds.
This example contains a scene of a plumed serpent. The vessel was probably imported into El Salvador from the Gulf Coast of Mexico.