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Incense Burner

OriginTeotihuacan, Mexico, Mexico
PeriodClassic Period (250/300-850 CE)
Date400-750
MediumEarthenware, pigment, mica, and hand-built.
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. Censer 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
Ancient Americas
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Status
On view
Covered Censer with Butterfly-masked Warrior Lid
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
450-650
Object number: G83.1.19a-b
Emaciated Male and Female Seated Figures
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
Articulated Human Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
150-300
Object number: G83.1.20
Painted Dish
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
250-650
Object number: G83.1.112
Standing Male Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 600 CE
Object number: G83.1.71
Standing Female Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
200 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.200
Zacatecas Female Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
200-500 CE
Object number: G83.1.17
Large Standing Female Figure
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.41
Pair of figural incense (pastille) burners, modelled by F.A. Bustelli
Artist / Maker: Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory
c.1760
Object number: G83.1.702.1-.2
Plate with Aphrodite, Cupid and Satyrs
19th Century
Object number: G12.14.13
Seated Figure with Upraised Arms
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
200 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.206
Standing Female Figure
400 BCE - 500 CE
Object number: G83.1.1202