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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Incense Burner with Seated Figure
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Incense Burner with Seated Figure

Place CreatedGuatemala, North America
CultureMaya-Teotihuacan Interaction
PeriodEarly Classic - Late Classic
Date250-550 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions16 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (41.9 x 26 x 24.8 cm)
Object number1990.011.088
Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, September 9 - October 28, 1979
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, November 17, 1994 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesPre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections, September 9 - October 28, 1979 (Huntsville: The Museum, 1979), 36, 46, number 54.
Rebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 6, figure. 2.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1972.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas