Clay Pottery Aztec Warrior God Mexican Folk Art Teotihuacan Figure 14"

Description

This rustic, Mexican clay pottery piece comes from the potters of the region of Teotihuacan, Mexico (see last photo of the region). It is a modern day piece made from artists that take their inspiration from the Aztec pottery pieces found within the site from the pre-Columbian era.  It has an intricate shape and rustic, stone-like finish.  A great piece for your pottery collection.  It measures 13 1/2" tall by 6 x 5".
Teotihuacan (where this piece is from)  was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city located in a sub valley of the Valley of Mexico, located in the State of Mexico.  Although it is a subject of debate whether Teotihuacan was the center of a state empire, its influence throughout Mesoamerica is well documented. It is still a mystery as to who built this amazing city. It was built by hand more than a thousand years before the swooping arrival of the Nahuatl-speaking Aztec in central Mexico. But it was the Aztec, descending on the abandoned site, no doubt falling awestruck by what they saw, who gave it a name: Teotihuacan.  The city
reached its zenith between 100 B.C. and A.D. 650 and supported a population of a hundred thousand.
No matter its principal builders, scholars and evidence suggest that Teotihuacan hosted a patchwork of cultures including the Maya, Mixtec, and Zapotec. One theory says an erupting volcano forced a wave of immigrants into the Teotihuacan
valley and that those refugees either built or bolstered the city.
The city and the archaeological site are located in what is now the San Juan Teotihuacan municipality in the State of Mexico approximately 25 miles northeast of Mexico City. The site covers a total surface area of  32 square miles and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. It is known today as the site of many of the most architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids built in the pre-Columbian America, including the Pyramid of the Sun.