【王の拓本】メキシコの古代マヤ文明

この作品は、メキシコの古代マヤ文明の遺跡パレンケから出土した、王の姿を描いた拓本（擦り写し）です。画像に描かれているのは、マヤのトウモロコシの神、または当時のマヤの王の横顔と考えられています。このような拓本は、実際に石碑や神殿の壁に紙を当てて墨で写し取った、美術品や研究資料として収集されています。

サイズ：150cmx85cm

Description

Maya civilization

Vintage Framed Palenque Temple Rubbing of a Royal Mayan Male (Chiapas, Mexico). Size: 150cmx85

 This temple rubbing was created in 1967 (signed & dated in the upper left corner), shortly before temple rubbings were banned by the Mexican government. The practice of producing charcoal rubbings from Pre-Columbian temple walls was outlawed in the late 1960s to prevent further surface erosion. This piece is an impression from the

Tablet of the Slaves scene on the wall of an ancient Mayan pyramid in ancient Palenque, which was hidden under a Hispanic church dating to 1730 AD. In the composition, the head of the young royal figure depicts the true Classic Maya-deformed head, sloping forehead, almond-shaped eyes, large nose, slightly dropping lip and receding chin. Provenance: From a private NYC collection. Purchased in Pueblo, Mexico in the early 1970s.