Teotihuacan stone effigy brazier of the Old FIre God Classic, ca. A.D. 450-650

the aged deity Huehueteotl hunched over from the weight of the circular brazier, the sides carved with bar and diamond motifs, with one hand cupped and the other with palm open, his sunken face showing toothless mouth and wide recessed eyes, adorned with earrings, and wearing a knotted loincloth at the back; in porous tan limestone.  

The Manhattan Galleries, Inc., Important  Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art, May 14, 1983, lot 19, illus.

Purportedly exhibited at Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, prior to 1983

Broken and repaired overall as shown. Appears to be all original pieces, fill only for securing.
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Cf. Parsons (1980: no. 152), for a brazier in the Morton May collection, St. Louis Art Museum.