Description:

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A hand-built pottery bowl atop a trio of tab-shaped feet. Decorating each half of the body is a large, incised panel containing an elaborate anthropomorphic bird figure with broad wings, a bullseye-form body, and a grand headdress with plumage arching above. The figures on this piece may represent the Great Goddess - who typically wears a feathered bird headdress - believed to have been the primary deity of the underworld, war, darkness, earth, water, and creation itself. Size: 5.5" W x 6.75" H (14 cm x 17.1 cm)

Provenance: ex-Marc Amiguet Schmitt estate, Amiguet's Ancient Art, Evansville, Indiana, USA, acquired prior to January 1, 2010

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#174958

  • Condition: Nicks and abrasions commensurate with age, with retooling to some incised decorations, and light earthen deposits, otherwise intact and very good. Nice size and decorations!

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