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| Auction Closes At: |
11:04:00 02/27/2023 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
023. Olmec Jade Pendant with Incised Face |
| Estimate: |
$2,500-$3,500 |
| Current High Bid: |
$5,750.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$5,750.00 |
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| Category: |
Pre-Columbian Art
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| Sub Category: |
Mexico - Olmec and Pre-Classic Cultures
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| Culture or Country: |
Guerrero.
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| Period: |
Ca. 900 - 600 B.C.
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| Size: |
2-3/4” x 1-5/8”. |
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| Description: |
Carved bluish-green speckled jade stylized spoon type pendant, decorated with a beautifully incised supernatural face, highlighted with red cinnabar. This object falls somewhere between two Olmec forms: the spoon and the flanged pectoral. The two drill holes at the top of this piece indicate that it could have been worn as a pendant, and a plain spoon is seen as a chest ornament on the San Antonio Suchitepequez relief (see Tate, this volume, fig. 28). Human and supernatural faces are often incised in the bowls of spoons. Here, the supernatural face has been reduced in design and execution to a fine line drawing. It’s position at the center of the spoon, flanked by two, smaller symmetrical projections, pre-stages the prominence of the face which is compositionally similar, as the spoon evolves from a ritual utilitarian object to a more symbolic emblem of power. This shaped pendant and the incised image incorporate the means and end of the shamanic ritual: access to the supernatural realm through the use of ritual objects. A few minor ancient chips, otherwise intact. A beautiful example. |
| Provenance: |
John Stokes Jr. collection, acquired April 1964 from Raul Kampfer, Kampfer Gallery. Published in “The Olmec World - Ritual and Rulership, p.259, #167.
Exhibited: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 12/16/95 to 2/25/96.
Exhibited: The Museum of Arts, Houston, TX., 4/14/96 to 6/9/96. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$50.00 |
| International: |
$100.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Olmec Jade Pendant with Incised Face
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BIDDER |
BID |
QTY |
Original Bid Time |
| 1. |
Keoma |
$5,750.00 |
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2/27/2023 10:48:50 AM |
| 2. |
Malcolm |
$5,500.00 |
1 |
2/18/2023 1:26:42 AM |
| 3. |
Bobcat |
$4,250.00 |
1 |
2/27/2023 10:15:26 AM |
| 4. |
longcat |
$4,000.00 |
1 |
2/24/2023 4:42:34 PM |
| 5. |
longcat |
$3,500.00 |
1 |
2/24/2023 4:41:03 PM |
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