Pre-Columbian Zapotec Pottery Urn Fragment – Oaxaca, Mexico The subject wears a high

The subject wears a high

pronounced aquiline nose

AR Tetradrachm

when Teotihuacan symbolism spread across Mesoamerica

Ex Michela Bannon Collection

Pre-Columbian Zapotec Pottery Urn Fragment – Oaxaca, Mexico The subject wears a highAuthentic Pre Columbian Zapotec pottery urn fragment from the Oaxaca region of southern Mexico, dating to the ClassicPostclassic period (circa 300900 AD). This sculptural fragment preserves an expressive anthropomorphic face with elaborate headdress, featuring deeply carved stepped and scroll motifs typical of Zapotec ceremonial urns. The prominent nose element, ear ornaments, and layered headdress strongly suggest a ritual or deity related figure,