MAYAN PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRA COTTA PLATE WITH LARGE, FADED SCORPION FIGURE IN CENTER,Guatemala, 200-500 A.D.- Dia.: 12 in. Estimate $100-150
PROVENANCE: Private collection acquired from antique shops in Bogota, Colombia; Quito, Ecuador, and San Jose, Costa Rica, during the late 1960s-early 1970s when owner was working for World Bank in those countries. Collection was authenticated by Betty Meggars, Latin American Archaeologist at the Smithsonian Institute