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Tripod vase decorated on the side with two finely...

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Tripod vase decorated on the side with two finely carved human heads, perhaps trophy heads. The three feet are finished with raptor heads. Brown terracotta with black and red slip Aztec culture, Mexico 1200 - 1400 AD H. 10 - Diam. 18 cm Provenance: - Belgian Collection. Bibliography: - "From Coast to Coast, Pre-Columbian Sculptures from Mesoamerica," Ted J. J. Leyenaar, Gerard W. van Bussel and Gesin Weber, Exhibition in Kassel in 1992 and then from November 27 to March 7, 1993 at the Rijksmuseum Voor Volkenkunde, Leiden. Reproduced as no. 366, p. 381.