Lot #14: Vintage Framed Art Photography: Presentation of Captives to a Maya Ruler - Lintel 1 ~38.75" x 50.75"

38.75" x 50.75" Lintel 1 is considered a great work of Late Classic Maya art and shares similarity with the stelae of Yaxchilan. It illustrates and narrates a palace scene that occurred on August 24, 781 AD, where the ruler of Yaxchilan, Itzamnaaj Bahlam IV named by the inscription as Chelew Chan K'inich, (his name before ascending to power), is shown finely dressed sitting in a throne inside a palace as represented by the curtains adorning the top of the lintel, he is shown in front of a vassal ruler known as Aj Chak Maax who held the title of sajal of Laxtunich who presents and offers him three high-ranking captives as tribute. The captives are represented with signs of suffering and humiliation, the main one being a captive named Baah Wayib, captured by Aj Chak Maax as indicated in the hieroglyphic inscription. The place of origin of these captives is not mentioned on the lintel, but they could have been captured somewhere near Laxtunich and Yaxchilan. The hieroglyphic inscription on the lintel narrates this scene as: "On the 5 Ix 7 Sak, Baah Wayib was captured by Aj Chak Maax. Three days later his captives were presented to its lord". The text below Itzamnaaj Bahlam IV contains the inscription: "He is Chelew Chan K’inich, captor of Taj Mo’, sacred lord of Yaxchilan". This monument was created by the sculptor Mayuy Ti’ Chuwen as shown with a signature on the lintel. These items are from the Castellano Family Estate. A beloved pillar of Silicon Valleys Latino community, Alcario Castellano was a retired grocery clerk from San Jose. Inspired by his wife Carmens vision, they founded the Castellano Family Foundation (CFF), which would become one of Silicon Valley's most impactful supporters of Latino-serving nonprofits. Over more than two decades, CFF awarded more than 10 million in grants to organizations serving the Latino community in Santa Clara county. From arts and education to leadership and culture, the foundation supported local nonprofits like Somos Mayfair, the Jose Valdés Math Institute, Opera Cultura, MACLA and San Jose Jazz. As Castellano often said, the lottery changed the family’s lives, but it never changed their values. Castellano was born in New Mexico in 1934 and raised as a farmworker in Hollister, California. He served in the U.S. Army, and with Carmen raised three children in Cambrian Park, San Jose. Despite facing some challenges, they built a strong, community-oriented life, marked by resilience and compassion. Pickup category timeslot {A}