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Seated Teotihuacan Goddess wearing a Headdress of Quetzal Feathers Unknown Artist
- DATE
- 250-450 CE (Early Tlamimlolpa Micaotli-Early Xolapan Periods)
- MEDIUM
- Painted volcanic stone with traces of original cinnabar
- DIMENSIONS
- H- 20 x W- 13 x D- 3 5/8 in. (50.8 x 33 x 9.2 cm)
- CULTURE/PLACE OF ORIGIN
- Mexico
- CREDIT LINE
- The Vilcek Foundation
- ACCESSION NUMBER
- 1997.01.1
- COPYRIGHT INFO
- © The Vilcek Foundation
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PROVENANCE
[Christie's New York, November 11, 1996, lot 282];
[Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, NY];
The Jan T. and Marica Vilcek Collection, 1997-2010;
Gift to The Vilcek Foundation, 2010;
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REFERENCES
Christie's. New York, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Works of Art, November 11, 1996, lot 282, ill.
