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Pre-columbian Zapotec Bat Urn

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Published Pre-Columbian Zapotec Urn: Pre-Columbian Zapotec Pottery urn from Oaxaca, Monte Alban Period III-A, Mexico, ca. 200-450 CE. Gray pottery urn depicting seated deity wearing an alligator (glyph V) headdress. Some encrustation on

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Pre-Columbian Zapotec Figural Urn w/ glyph: A fine Zapotec Figural Urn from Mexico, ca. 300-600 CE. A figural urn with large headdress with incised geometric design. Decorated with Earspools and necklace. The headdress has the glyph for corn. E

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Pre-Columbian - Zapotec Pottery Urn, Mexico: Lot 14 Pre-Columbian Zapotec Pottery Urn, Mexico terracotta Depicting the Lightning Deity Cocijo, with his wide snout and long forked tongue, he is seated with crossed legs and his hands on his knees,

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Pre-columbian Zapotec Pottery Cocijo Urn: Pre-columbian Zapotec pottery urn from Mexico, ca. 300-600 A.D. Depicting Cocijo wearing a snake headdress, forked serpent’s tongue and ear ornaments. An exquisite example! 7-1/2" in height.

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ANCIENT PRE COLUMBIAN ZAPOTEC CERAMIC URN: An ancient Pre Columbian Zapotec ceramic urn. This red ceramic urn features a seated stylized male figure wearing a tall, intricately decorated hat and a stern expression. The Zapotec civilization c.

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Pre Columbian Zapotec Deity Funerary Urn 200-400AD: Pre-Columbian Zapotec funerary urn. Figural urn with dramatic depiction of a seated divinity wearing an elaborate headdress. In gray pottery. PROVENANCE: From the John Platt Collection, Denver Art Mus

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Pre Columbian Zapotec Seated God Figural Urn: Mexico, Monte Alban Ca. 600 to 900 A.D.A handsome grayware pottery urn depicting a seated deity, wearing headdress having long side lappets and a central top glyph badge. Strongly modeled facial featu

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Zapotec "Cocijo" Pre-Columbian Pottery Effigy Urn: Pre-Columbian Zapotec (Oaxaca, Mexico) effigy urn / incensario, depicting Cocijo the god of rain and lightning, grayware pottery with remnants of red-brown pigments. 6.75" H x 4.25" W x 4.25" D.

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Zapotec Seated God Figural Pottery Urn: Pre-Columbian, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, ca. 100 BCE to 200 CE. A dramatic, bulbous-bodied figural bottle with a wide spout ending in a slightly flared rim. Attached to the body ar

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Chinese Porcelain Dragon and Bat Lidded Urn Vase: A Chinese porcelain vase. A lidded amphora vessel form body decorated with an Imperial five toed dragon and auspicious bat colorful hand painted design. Marked on bottom.Dimensions: 12 X 5.5 X 5.5 in.

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A fine Zapotec Urn from Mexico, ca. 300-600 A.D. An urn in the shape of a Bat wearing a loin cloth and necklace with central pendant with incised motif. Excellent example with good mineral deposits on the surface attesting to its age. For a similar example see: Pre-columbian Art: The Morton D. May and The Sant Louis Art Museum Collections by Lee A. Parsons.8-5/8" in height.

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Pre-columbian Zapotec Bat Urn

Name: Pre-columbian Zapotec Bat Urn
SKU: 59775788
Price: 400 USD
Availability: InStock

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