Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A very unusual redware terracotta incensario comprised of a bowl with a meticulously hand-worked pointed border supported by a prone male shaman figure, nude except for his crested headdress with crossed headbands. The figure lies on raised hands and feet and looks forward with coffee-bean shaped eyes, a pronounced straight nose, and slightly open mouth. An unusual example from this ancient West Mexican shaft tomb culture. Size: 8.25" L x 8" W x 6.125" H (21 cm x 20.3 cm x 15.6 cm)

Provenance: Ex-Matrisciano Collection, California

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#120857

  • Condition: A few points to rim of bowl missing. Expected surface wear with a few nicks and minor pigment loss. Scattered mineral deposits. Nice burnishing marks.

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