Incense burner with feline head
Tiwanaku artist(s)
Date: 500–1000 CE
Medium: Ceramic, slip
Dimensions: H. 10 1/8 × W. 8 1/4 × D. 12 in. (25.7 × 21 × 30.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Containers
Country: Bolivia
Culture: Tiwanaku
Themes: Animals
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1969
Met highlightDate range
500 – 1000
Largest dimension
30.5 cm
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