Incense burner
Artist
Teotihuacan artist(s)
CultureTeotihuacan
OriginTeotihuacan, Mexico, Mexico
PeriodClassic Period (250/300-850 CE)
Date400-750
MediumEarthenware with pigment and mica
DimensionsOverall: 66.3 cm (26 1/8 in.)
DescriptionTeotihuacan covered censer, Classic period, with waisted cylindrical base surmounted by a conical lid supporting the rectangular framework of a shrine or temple façade (?), with a mask in the doorway. Incense burner has lozenge-shaped mica-inlaid eyes, flanged nose ornament, circular earrings, and massive crested headdress, with applied birds' heads. There are medallions and bow-shaped ornaments overall. Painted areas of red, ochre, blue, green and white pigment remain.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.18a-b
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
On view
Artist / Maker: Teotihuacan artist(s)
450-650
Object number: G83.1.19a-b
Artist / Maker: Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1760
Object number: G83.1.702.1-.2
Artist / Maker: Nayarit artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
Artist / Maker: Teotihuacan artist(s)
250-650
Object number: G83.1.112
Artist / Maker: Jama Coaque artist(s)
500 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.211
