https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/32434/fullIncense burner400-750Teotihuacan artist(s)Overall: 66.3 cm (26 1/8 in.)Earthenware with pigment and micaGift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Teotihuacan, Mexico, MexicoG83.1.18a-b1Teotihuacan 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.
MesoamericaCeramics from Ancestral Abiayala[]Ancestral AbiayalaMesoamerica182114444TeotihuacanClassic Period (250/300-850 CE)