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Square Dish with Symbols of Longevity and Immortality (Deer, Bats)

Square Dish with Symbols of Longevity and Immortality (Deer, Bats, Fungus, and Clouds) and the Phrase Tian Zhi Mei Lu (Beauty of Heavenly Prosperity), Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

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Pottery. Bat-God: pottery with red paint. Zapotec culture, Mexico, 300-900 AD. (A branch of Aztec cu

Camazotz, Bat-God, pottery with red paint, Zapotec culture, Mexico, 300-900. The cult of Camazotz began around 100 BCE among the Zapotec Indians in what is the modern-day Mexican state of Oaxaca. In Zapotec culture, the bat was associated with night, death, and sacrifice. The Zapotec civilization, a branch of Aztec culture, was an indigenous pre-Columbian civilization that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca in Mesoamerica