URNE FUNÉRAIRE ANTHROPOMORPHECULTURE ZAPOTHÈQUE, MONTE ALBÁNCLASSIQUE, 450-650 AP. J.-C. |

Collection privée, Bruxelles
Gaia, Paris, 4 décembre 2007, n° 377
Importante Collection privée française

Typical breaks and repairs on the urn cylinder behind and the flanges. Proper left hand good but repairs on the proper right hand. Areas rebuilt on the top panache along most of the proper right side. Wear consistent with age and use within the culture.
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Les urnes figuratives représentant des personnages assis et somptueusement parés sont caractéristiques de la région de Monte Albán, en Oaxaca. Le costume qui le couvre presque entièrement l’identifie à Pitao Cozobi, le dieu du glyphe L, divinité du maïs et de la fertilité. Il porte le masque nasal typique orné de volutes, des crochets sur les joues, une coiffe imposante et un pectoral descendant jusqu'aux genoux. Voir Boos, Ancient Oaxaca, 1966, fig. 161, pour une divinité apparentée. The heavily adorned seated figural urns are a hallmark of the Monte Albán region in Oaxaca. Nearly obscuring the figure, these accoutrements identify the deity Pitao Cozobi, the god of the Glyph L, a maize deity of fertility. He wears the snouted nasal mask with upcurled scrolls, brackets on the cheeks, massive headdress and pectoral extending to his lap. See Boos, Ancient Oaxaca, 1966, fig. 161, for the deity type.