Fantastic monster incense burner

Artist Unidentified artist

Date300 BC-400 AD

MediumEarthenware

Dimensions5 1/8 × 5 11/16 × 3 15/16 inches (13 × 14.4 × 10 cm)

CultureJama-Coaque (Ecuador)

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineGift of Thomas Carroll, PhD 1951

Terms

Ecuador
Ceramics
Earthenware
Monsters
Braziers
Earrings
Horns
Jama-Coaque

Object number2006.070.081

Label CopyThis polychrome ceramic Jama-Coaque effigy of a snarling fantastic being with modeled and applied detailing has a low circular spout or neck with a narrow opening rising from its center back. The figure is depicted prone and resting on its elbows and knees with four raised human-like hands. Its other human attributes are expressed in its clothing: large circular earspools painted blue and a V-shaped garment draping from its shoulders to its chest.

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