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Zapotec Monte Alban Incensario w/ Cocijo?

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Published Zapotec Monte Alban Fire God Incensario w/ TL: Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Oaxaca, Classic Monte Alban III, ca. 300 to 600 CE. A very large incense burner, skillfully hand-built from terracotta and presenting the visage of the Hueheuteotl, Zapo

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Fine Zapotec Monte Alban Pottery Twin Incensario: Pre-Columbian, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban IV, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A mold-made ceramic double incensario, in the form of a seated lord, with two cylindrical vessels emerging from his h

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Published Zapotec Monte Alban Fire God Incensario - TL: Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Oaxaca, Classic Monte Alban III, ca. 300 to 600 CE. A very large incense burner, skillfully hand-built from terracotta and presenting the visage of the Hueheuteotl, Zapo

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Fine Zapotec Pottery Seated God Figural Urn: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Monte Alban IV, Zapotec, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A greyware effigy urn depicting a seated deity or lord donning an elaborate headdress, ear ornaments, tasseled pectoral, and

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Zapotec Pottery Seated Figural Incensario, TL Tested: Pre-Columbian, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, ca. 300 CE. A fabulous pottery incensario in the form of a seated lord wearing a high-waisted skirt tied with a bow and a sizable, beaded n

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Zapotec Pottery Figural Censer w/ TL: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban III, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A mold-made ceramic incensario in the form of a standing figure, perhaps a representation of the god known to the Ma

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Published Zapotec Monte Alban Fire God Incensario TL'd: Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Oaxaca, Classic Monte Alban III, ca. 300 to 600 CE. A very large incense burner, skillfully hand-built from terracotta and presenting the visage of the Hueheuteotl, Zapo

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Zapotec Monte Alban III Pottery Figural Censer - TL'd: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban III, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A mold-made ceramic incensario in the form of a standing figure, perhaps a representation of the god known to the Ma

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Zapotec Monte Alban Incensario w/ Cocijo?

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Pre-Columbian, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, Early to Middle Classic period, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A wonderful pottery incensario in the form of a seated figure, likely intended as Cocijo, the Zapotec god of rain and lightning, or Pitao Cozobi, the Zapotec god of maize. Crowned by a glyph-like headdress, the deity sits with crossed legs and hands on knees; his evocative visage displaying feline characteristics with slender eyes and a broadening snout, a pair of huge earspools flank his head. Layered necklaces shroud his clavicle as a loincloth with glyph-like designs covers his lap. Size: 3.6" L x 4.3" W x 6.5" H (9.1 cm x 10.9 cm x 16.5 cm)

Monte Alban, a city inhabited for over 1,000 years before abandonment centuries before the arrival of the Spanish, was a regional power that dominated much of the modern-day state of Oaxaca and interacted with other Mesoamerican city-states like Teotihuacan to its north. Many cultures at this time were producing ceremonial incensarios (censers) like this example, but those in particular from Monte Alban were often so anthropomorphized that, from the front, they are difficult to tell from sculpture. This is in strong contrast to incensarios at Teotihuacan, which were highly abstract. Figural censers have been excavated from Monte Alban's high-status tombs, where it seems they were placed to leave offerings for the dead.

Provenance: private Ferndale, Michigan, USA collection; ex-private Detroit, Michigan, USA collection; ex-Ararity Auctions, Lorton, Virginia, USA, March 27th, 2022, lot 63

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Condition

Professionally repaired with chipping along visible break lines in areas. Nicks, abrasions, and weathering to surface as shown. Liberal remaining detail and rich earthen deposits throughout.