Late Period 600 - 900 AD
Height 4 3/4"
Provenance: Chris J Daras, NJ
Fine Arts of Ancient Lands NY, purchased in 1981
John Platt and Daniel Friedenberg, Greenwich CT
Discoid pottery flask form, in cream with red in lower portion. Identical mold made relief's on both sides. Seated on the left is God k facing God L on the right, separated by a glyph column. God K having a elegant snout, is one of the smoking gods. From a tube above his forehead emerge two smoke scrolls. He is a major deity, personifying royal power and protector power and the protector of royal lineages. God L is one of two principle gods of the underworld (the other is god N); he is an old god with a sunken, toothless mouth and a wide-brimmed hat. On the narrow sides are columns with glyphs.
Publication: University of Virginia Art Museum, Hasso von Winning, 1986, #157.
Exhibited and published: The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT., 1994-95 John Platt and Daniel Friedenberg collection.
Late Period 600 - 900 AD
Height 4 3/4"
Provenance: Chris J Daras, NJ
Fine Arts of Ancient Lands NY, purchased in 1981
John Platt and Daniel Friedenberg, Greenwich CT
Discoid pottery flask form, in cream with red in lower portion. Identical mold made relief's on both sides. Seated on the left is God k facing God L on the right, separated by a glyph column. God K having a elegant snout, is one of the smoking gods. From a tube above his forehead emerge two smoke scrolls. He is a major deity, personifying royal power and protector power and the protector of royal lineages. God L is one of two principle gods of the underworld (the other is god N); he is an old god with a sunken, toothless mouth and a wide-brimmed hat. On the narrow sides are columns with glyphs.
Publication: University of Virginia Art Museum, Hasso von Winning, 1986, #157.
Exhibited and published: The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT., 1994-95 John Platt and Daniel Friedenberg collection.
