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Teotihuacan

Mask from an Incense Burner Portraying the Old Deity of Fire

450–750 CE
Ceramic and pigment
36.9 × 33.5 cm (14.5 × 13.2 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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