Description
Two-part incense burner. Maya, ca. 900 A.D. H 54cm. Clay. Seated goddess with rich jewelry and headdress. The figurative part forms the lid of the censer. There are openings on the arms and on the headdress to allow the smoke to escape. With TL analysis! Published in: U. Hoffmann, Frauen des Alten Amerika (2001) no. 296 and ders., Schätze Alt- Amerikas (2012) no. 12. Some parts, including the right thumb, broken and reattached. Provenance: Ex collection U.H., Germany since 1990.
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Two-part incense burner. Maya, ca. 900 A.D. H 54cm. Clay. Se
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