Lot Essay
Cf. Grand Palais, fig. 83, for the general type; A Precolumbian Portfolio, image 1867
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PROPERTY FROM THE G.A.H. BUISMAN JNZ. COLLECTION
MAYAN JADE PENDANT
LATE CLASSIC, CA. A.D. 550 - 950
Details
MAYAN JADE PENDANT
LATE CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 550 - 950
boldly carved with the portrait of a dignitary, the rounded face with parted lips, heavy-lidded eyes under thinly arched brows, adorned with large ear flares and a peaked headdress bound by a jade headband and centering a recessed 'kan' emblem, the crossed 'kan' symbol of rulership embellishing the neck, the whole physiognomy sunken within a scrolled cartouche with beadwork lower border; in light green mottled stone, pierced laterally for suspension.
Height 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.)
LATE CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 550 - 950
boldly carved with the portrait of a dignitary, the rounded face with parted lips, heavy-lidded eyes under thinly arched brows, adorned with large ear flares and a peaked headdress bound by a jade headband and centering a recessed 'kan' emblem, the crossed 'kan' symbol of rulership embellishing the neck, the whole physiognomy sunken within a scrolled cartouche with beadwork lower border; in light green mottled stone, pierced laterally for suspension.
Height 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.)
Provenance
William O'Boyle Collection
Exhibited
Hempstead, Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, February 28 - April 28, 1980.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 55, illus.
Greenwich, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich Library, April 23 - June 20, 1981, fig. 18, illus.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 55, illus.
Greenwich, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich Library, April 23 - June 20, 1981, fig. 18, illus.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.