MUSEUM EXHIBITED Zapotec Figural Urn Monte Alban Mexico Antiquity Pre-Columbian

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MUSEUM EXHIBITED Zapotec Figural Urn Monte Alban Mexico Antiquity Pre-Columbian:
$10000.00

Large grayware pottery figural vessel in the form of a seated god wearing very elaborate feathered headdress with relief bird and monkey heads, side lappets and relief decorated bib. Well defined face with perforated eyes, parted lips showing teeth and wearing ear spools. Cylindrical urn behind. Two repaired breaks in headdress and right lappet reattached, missing right thumb, otherwise intact, overall exc. cond. Very nice.Provenance: Ex. Collection of Emmanuel Kramer, acquired 1960s, to present owner by descent. Exhibited: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, December 1966 to March 1967. Ex. ArtePrimitivo. It comes with certificate from ArtePrimitivo.
Sub Category:Mexico - West Coast and Classic Period CulturesCulture or Country:Monte Ablan, Mexico.Period:Ca. 400-600 A.D.Size:13”H. x 11-1/2”H.