**Originally Listed At $600**

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan culture, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A wonderful pair of molded terracotta vessels of a miniature form. Both vessels have bodies depicting a visage of an elder dignitary with wrinkled cheeks, recessed eyes, prominent noses, broad ears, and wide foreheads, with funnel spouts on top. One vessel rests upon a concave foot, and the other upon a stable base. Vessels like these were typically used to store snuff, lime powder, or other precious hallucinogenic substances. Highly-burnished and colored with a deep red slip, this is an exceptionally rare set of miniature pottery vessels! Size of largest (footed base): 2.25" W x 2.7" H (5.7 cm x 6.9 cm).

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private lifetime collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA

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Both vessels have surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, minor nicks to spout rims, ears, noses, and bases, with some fading to pigmentation, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and nice mineral deposits throughout. Old inventory label beneath base of one vessel.