Lot 0097

Fine Aztec Pottery Censer - Long Handle w/ Bird

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Fine Aztec Pottery Censer - Long Handle w/ Bird

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100% of the Hammer price of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals!

**Originally Listed At $300**

Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Aztec empire, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A wonderful bichrome terracotta incensario of a clever design comprised of an olla shaped receptacle bifurcated by a slight recess at the midline, this bowl-like form decorated with openwork triangular motifs, and tastefully slip painted - the upper half in black and the lower half in red. The censor is supported by two tubular legs and a longer handle with a protruding bird-like form lying upon it. In the Pre-Columbian world, birds as sky animals were believed to serve as messengers between humankind and their deities. Size: 8.625" L x 4.625" H (21.9 cm x 11.7 cm); olla-shaped receptacle is 3.875" in diameter (9.8 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Tampa, Florida, USA collection

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Condition

One leg and handle reattached. Tip of reattached leg is reattached. One leg contains a rattle. Scattered manganese deposits on underside.

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