Teotihuacan Pottery Seated Figure anglosaxon served as burial chambers for

served as burial chambers for ancestors and were lavishly filled with offerings

The painting style is bold

Yet in daily life

These vessels varied in size

and their imagery may have conveyed social

Teotihuacan Pottery Seated Figure anglosaxon served as burial chambers forPre Columbian Era, c. 400600 AD, Teotihuacan, Valley of Mexico An exceptional and rare hand built pottery figure depicting a seated male of elite or noble status, likely representing a chieftain or lord. The figure is shown seated cross legged with both hands resting on the knees, wearing an applied circular loincloth or beltan attribute associated with authority and rank. The characteristically triangular face displays a striking and expressive