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| Auction Closes At: |
11:22:00 02/27/2023 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
037. Olmec Nephrite Jade Pectoral with Incised Decoration |
| Estimate: |
$9,000-$15,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
$17,000.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$17,000.00 |
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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: |
Upper Balsas River Basin, Guerrero.
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| Period: |
Ca. 900 - 600 B.C.
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| Size: |
7-7/8”L. x 4”W. |
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| Description: |
Exceptional large and heavyweight celt form pectoral carved from a marbled rich blue-green nephrite jade, having a slightly incuse carved upper surface with a raised tapering ridge along one side, forming an effigy of a clam shell. Decorated with an incised semiabstract design depicting a supernatural deity with a deeply cleft head, downturned L-shaped eye, projecting upper lip and a bifurcated fang descending from the upper jaw. Biconical drilled unfinished suspension hole. Some remaining red cinnabar highlights to the decoration. Intact, exc. cond. A rare, impressive and important example.
A similar, unincised effigy was discovered in Offering 1942-A at La Venta. The eye and flame eyebrow repeat the motifs on the wooden mask from Canon de la Mano, Guerrero. A hole is drilled off center toward the back of the profile. |
| Provenance: |
John Stokes Jr. collection, acquired October 1959 from Jaime Garcia, NYC. Published: “The Olmec World - Ritual and Rulership, p. 312, #234.
Bibliography: Peter David Joralemon, “The Olmec Dragon: A Study in Pre-Columbian Iconography”, in Origins of Religious Art and Iconography in Preclassic Mesoamerica, ed., Henry B. Nicholson (Los Angeles, 1976), fig. 14b.
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: |
$55.00 |
| International: |
$125.00 (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 Nephrite Jade Pectoral with Incised Decoration
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BIDDER |
BID |
QTY |
Original Bid Time |
| 1. |
Keoma |
$17,000.00 |
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2/27/2023 11:11:46 AM |
| 2. |
stoneageman |
$16,000.00 |
1 |
2/14/2023 2:32:05 AM |
| 3. |
Chris N. |
$14,500.00 |
1 |
2/15/2023 3:00:28 PM |
| 4. |
Chris N. |
$13,500.00 |
1 |
2/14/2023 12:14:57 PM |
| 5. |
OZ |
$4,750.00 |
1 |
2/14/2023 12:10:03 PM |
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