God of Fire

Photograph of an image of a deity published in Franco Monti’s volume Terrecotte precolombiane, Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Milan 1966, p. 68. The photograph is accompanied by the brief caption: “God of Fire. Toluca; State of Mexico. New York, Museum of the American Indian” and by a more extended description: “God of Fire. H. 31.7 cm. Toluca; State of Mexico. New York, Museum of the American Indian. It can be defined as one of the finest examples of ‘fine orange’ ceramics. The image of the god is rendered with surprising care and sensitivity. The back expands into a large spheroid urn with such a skilful continuity of solution as to make the fusion of the two contrasting elements almost imperceptible.”