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Colima Janiform Incensario - PF.0720
Origin: Western Mexico
Circa: 900 AD to 1400 AD
Dimensions: 8.375" (21.3cm) high x 6" (15.2cm) wide
Catalogue: V2
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Colima
Medium: Terracotta

$6,000.00
Location: United States

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Blackened remains of the incense that was burned in this brazier still cling to the bowl. A double image of the god whose benediction was sought, probably the rain deity Tlaloc, decorates the outside. Pairs of earth serpents slither sinuously out of the god's headdress and peer into the bowl as if to inhale the fragrant smoke. The offerings made in this incensario were meant to guarantee the harmony of nature, the continued favor of the god. One is tempted to throw something in just to see what would happen. - (PF.0720)

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