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For your consideration is this dramatic grayware deity plaque and two diminutive feet adorning the front of a spouted globular urn. The

Glyph C headdress, eye and mouth depictions identify this effigy as the rain god Cosijo, principal Zapotec deity and creator of the world.

4.5” H. (10.8 cm) x 4” W. (10.2 cm) x 4.75” (12 cm.)

Various rim chips commensurate with age, this dramatically decorated jar is without cracks, repairs or restoration and in

very good condition.

COSIJO (RAIN GOD) JAR

Zapotec, Oaxaca, Mexico

600 C.E. – 900 C.E.

Provenance: Acquired by the seller at the Sotheby Parke–Bernet Galleries in New York City

on March 22, 1977, sale 542, lot 83.

Comparable: Parsons, Lee A. “Pre-Columbian Art”, NY, Harper & Rowe, 1980, fig. 234.

$50 shipping, "Delivery Confirmation" tracking service and insurance within continental U.S.

Overseas buyer, add $195 shipping.
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GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY

The authenticity of this artifact is fully guaranteed by the seller, retire scholar and longtime Senior Memberof the American Society of Appraisers, certified Specialist in Pre-Columbian Art.

Your jar will be carefully packed, insured and promptly shipped with a signed and registered
Certificate of Authenticity that includes a description, photo, dimensions and cultural provenance.

If not to U.S. buyer’s satisfaction, this artwork may be returned as shipped within thirty days of purchase for a purchase price refund

minus 10% re-stocking fee for return of item in original condition and with original shipping materials.

This seller has been a conscientious collector and dedicated scholar of New World antiquities for over a half-century. He has complied with UNESCO, federal/local legislation and never consciously acquired, traded in or sold illicitly recovered antiquities.