A Zapotec ceramic seated figure with an elaborate headdress, using earspools, arms resting under crossed legs. These elaborately decorated items were produced as prestige items and local lords in the Monte Alban area received them via gift-giving networks that reinforced their power and prestige.

Provenance: from the pre-Columbian art collection of the former ambassador of Peru to Portugal.

Monte Alban (Oaxaca, Mexico), Circa A.D. 400-800.

DETAILS:
Height: 25 CM | 9.8 INCHES
Width: 10 CM | 4 INCHES

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