prev - home - index - next This pleasingly proportioned alabaster vessel has a band of stucco applied to its side, on which a bird, most probably a quetzal, is depicted diving towards a circular shape. Stuccoed and painted vessel Xochicalco Late Classic (600-900 A.D.) Xochicalco, State of Mexico Alabaster with stucco and yellow, red and green pigments 13.8 x 20 cm. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara |
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