Covered Censer with Butterfly-masked Warrior Lid
Artist
Teotihuacan artist(s)
CultureTeotihuacan
OriginTeotihuacan, Mexico, Mexico
PeriodClassic Period (250/300-850 CE)
Date450-650
MediumEarthenware with pigment
DimensionsOverall (G83.1.19a-b): 26 x 31.5 cm (10 1/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
DescriptionTeotihuacan covered censer, Classic period, has a waisted cylindrical base with applied central knopped ornaments. The base is surmounted by a conical lid with the figure of the Butterfly God within a canoe, which has flattened outspread wings, pierced lozenge eyes, flanged nose ornament, and wearing massive headdress. Censer is decorated with twisted handles at the sides, and applied flowers and shells overall. Traces of red, ochre, green and white pigment remain.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.19a-b
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Teotihuacan artist(s)
250-650
Object number: G83.1.112
Artist / Maker: Colima or Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.41
Artist / Maker: Maestro Giorgio Andreoli
ca.1530
Object number: G83.1.362