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| Auction Closes At: |
10:11:01 05/09/2025 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
002. Olmec Serpentine Head |
| Estimate: |
$15,000-$20,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
$7,500.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$7,500.00 |
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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: |
Olmec regions.
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| Period: |
Ca. 1000 - 600 B.C.
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| Size: |
5-1/6”H. x 3-7/8”W. |
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| Description: |
Fine carved blue-green serpentine head originally from a figure, wearing a cleft headdress, and having beautifully carved facial features depicting a shaman in transformation, with a large bow shape upper lip. This were-jaguar deity, wears the bossed headband with crenelated side flaps of the Olmec Rain God. Tiny biconical drilled suspension hole in the left side flap, possibly for the attachment of a small ornament. Overall excellent ancient surface patina with strong surface deposits. Head is intact, exc. cond. Custom lucite base. An exceptional example. |
| Provenance: |
From the collection of Brian Mahony, NYC. and Redding, CT. Active 1980 - 1990’s. Acquired from Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, NYC., 1986. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$58.00 |
| International: |
$135.00 (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 Serpentine Head
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BIDDER |
BID |
QTY |
Original Bid Time |
| 1. |
biggulps |
$7,500.00 |
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5/9/2025 10:03:32 AM |
| 2. |
ajax |
$7,000.00 |
1 |
5/9/2025 10:00:58 AM |
| 3. |
biggulps |
$6,750.00 |
1 |
5/9/2025 9:58:40 AM |
| 4. |
ajax |
$6,500.00 |
1 |
5/9/2025 9:56:40 AM |
| 5. |
biggulps |
$6,000.00 |
1 |
5/9/2025 9:55:53 AM |
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