Large incense burner, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 200 BC - 500 AD · Mexico, Colima · ID: 3052939
Price
EUR 1,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 27 June 1987, lot 17German Private Collection, Munich
Size
H: 52 cm
H: 20.5 inch
Description
ceramic with traces of white pigment and calcareous deposits, rest.
High stirrup vessel, formed by two male figures standing back to back. The two stirrup arches are connected by the intertwined bodies of two snakes. It is assumed that this object functioned as an incense burner.
The object Large incense burner, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 200 BC - 500 AD with the object ID 3052939 was part of the auction Auction 106 on April 25, 2026, lot number 2 at that time and is currently available for EUR 1,000 in Open sale.
Comparing literature
Hoffmann, Ulrich (Hg.), Frauen des alten Amerika in Kult und Alltag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 195
Notices
This object is subject to the Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).