A Zapotec figure urn

A Zapotec figure urn

Mexico, circa 500 - 800 AD

pottery, depicting Cocijo, seated wearing an ornate headdress, ear ornaments and an apron with carved glyphs, with hands placed on his knees, with a cylindrical body,

41cm high.

Provenance

Private Collection, London, collected from the late 1950s through to the 1970s, from the London art market.

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 3 April 2012, lot 779.

Romy Rey Collection, London.