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Zapotec Urn of a Standing Figure, Monte Alban IIIB, Late Classic, circa AD 550 - 950 — Zapotec Urn of a Standing Figure, Monte Alban IIIB, Late Classic, circa AD 550 - 950

Zapotec Urn of a Standing Figure, Monte Alban IIIB, Late Classic, circa AD 550 - 950

Zapotec Urn of a Standing Figure, Monte Alban IIIB, Late Classic, circa AD 550 - 950

This Zapotec ceramic urn from Monte Alban IIIB period (circa AD 550-950) depicts a standing figure and represents an important artifact of Late Classic Mesoamerican culture. The piece showcases the sophisticated ceramic traditions of the Zapotec civilization.

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Sculpture from the Collection of Seymour and Alyce Lazar, Palm Springs

September 29, 2022

Estimate: $10,000$15,000

Lot 27

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Zapotec Urn of a Standing Figure, Monte Alban IIIB, Late Classic, circa AD 550 - 950, Zapotec Urn of a Standing Figure, Monte Alban IIIB, Late Classic, circa AD 550 - 950

This Zapotec ceramic urn from Monte Alban IIIB period (circa AD 550-950) depicts a standing figure and represents an important artifact of Late Classic Mesoamerican culture. The piece showcases the sophisticated ceramic traditions of the Zapotec civilization.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Cultural, Artifact, Urn, Mesoamerican, Earthenware, Pre-Columbian, Ceramic, Ancient, Ritual Object, Figurative