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Ancient, Anthropomorphic Mayan, or Inca or Aztec, Ear Spools, Red Clay Vessel

$ 79.2

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

Ancient, Anthropomorphic Mayan, Aztec, or Inca...Four Male Faces sculptures in Relief, Heads on Red Clay Vessel.
The large rounded form is a  vessel with four faces, 2 faces alike, tall with hat, hands and forearms hugging face, larger spool earrings laying in front of neck.  High relief sculpture.  Part of hat crest missing on one duplicate.
The other face is more detailed, close-up of features, even teeth... embedded in shoulder of vessel.  Duplicate on opposite side.
Four amphibious type creatures, or zoopomorphic (frog, lizard) are in-between the faces.
The vessel shoulder has a rivet type design going around its middle perimeter, and the bottom in a Cream color rises upright on a circular base;
Vase ­like shape which tapers up to a high flared rim with a medium ­size circular opening, like a half dollar size.
Measures  4" Tall x 5.5" Wide
Only damage l see on one tall sculpture, is the portion of missing clay on hat crest.  The exact duplicate has minor loss in between the two crests.
I do not know what civilization group this vessel represents.  Or age for that fact.   Not seen anything like it, however so it must be:
Rare, Rare, Rare!