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Colima-style incense burner lid depicting a ballplayer
Colima
Late Formative to Early Classic Periods
200 BC–AD 300
Object Place: Colima, Mexico
Medium/Technique
Earthenware
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 32.4 x 18.7 cm (12 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marla S. and Bertram Perkel
Accession Number2014.543
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionDomed lid to an incense burner. The lid is adorned with the hand-modeled sculpture of a standing male ballplayer. He holds a large ball in front of his body, and wears a helmet-like hat typical of West Mexico portrayals of ballplayers and warriors.
ProvenanceNovember 9, 1968, anonymous sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 42, to Bertram and Marla Perkel, North Truro, MA; 2014, gift of Bertram and Marla Perkel to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 23, 2014)