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PRE-HISPANIC MASTERPIECES

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Standing maternity figure
Nopiloa, Mayan, Mexico
Pottery
Circa 650 - 950 AD
H: 9.3 inches (23.5 cm)
 

Tloloc incensario

Tlaloc incensario
Colima, Mexico
Pottery
100 BC - 150 AD
H: 20 inches (50.8 cm)
         
Couple with two attendants
Colima, Mexico
Pottery
100 BC - 250 AD
H: 6 inches (15.2 cm)
 

four dancing figures

Four dancing figures
Colima, Mexico
Pottery
100 BC - 250 AD
H: 3.75 inches (9.5 cm); D: 4 inches (10.2 cm)
         

Dancer with backscreen and avian crest

Dancer with backscreen and avian crest
Colima, Mexico
Pottery
100 BC - 250 AD
H: 5.6 inches (14 cm)

 

Incensario with janus figures and twined handles

Incensario with janus figures and twined handles
Colima, Mexico
Pottery
100 BC - 250 AD
L: 8 inches (20 cm)

         

Dancer with beaked visage wearing elaborate costume

Dancer with beaked visage wearing elaborate costume
Colima, Mexico
Pottery
100 BC - 250 AD
H: 5.8 inches (14.6 cm)
 

Hacha of deity with no lower jaw

Hacha of deity with no lower jaw
Veracruz, Mexico
Stone
450 - 650 AD
H: 6.3 inches (15.9 cm)
         

Hacha with dual aspects
Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala
Stone
Preclassic, 400 - 900 ADH: 9.3 inches (23.5 cm)

 

Dancer with rattles wearing layered skirt

Dancer with rattles wearing layered skirt
Colima, Mexico
Pottery
100 BC - 250 AD
H: 5.3 inches (13.3 cm)

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