The "Pacal Votan" tomb lid: Referenced in Picasso’s Candle and bottle with goat skull (1952)?

 


 Leading from
 


a) Picasso’s Candle and bottle with goat skull (1952)

 



b) The tomb lid of the Mayan king Pacal

 

 

c) On above the other

 

b)  The celestial bird become the bottle and candle


 

 

c) The serpent bar becomes the front of the skull’s snout



 

d) Semi-circle patterns and eye sockets


e) Where the tendril of Xibalba’s maw connects with King Pakal’s head becomes  a horn of the goat



f) King Pakal’s legs and comparable form



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  1. “ The "Pacal Votan" tomb lid: Referenced in Picasso’s Candle and bottle with goat skull (1952)?” was posted on 28th November 2024

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