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Auction archive: Lot number 45

A PAIR OF MAYAN JADE EAR ORNAMENTS

Auction 12.11.2004
12 Nov 2004
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
US$17,925
Auction archive: Lot number 45

A PAIR OF MAYAN JADE EAR ORNAMENTS

Auction 12.11.2004
12 Nov 2004
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
US$17,925
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF MAYAN JADE EAR ORNAMENTS Late Classic, ca. A.D. 550-950 Each frontal carved as a stylized parrot's head with recurved beak and incised caruncle, curling feathers surrounding the heads, the eye inlaid with a separate jade plaque in a brighter shade; in grass-green stone with extensive remains of red cinnabar. Widths 2 1/2 and 2 3/8 in. (6.4 and 6 cm.) (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 45
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2004
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF MAYAN JADE EAR ORNAMENTS Late Classic, ca. A.D. 550-950 Each frontal carved as a stylized parrot's head with recurved beak and incised caruncle, curling feathers surrounding the heads, the eye inlaid with a separate jade plaque in a brighter shade; in grass-green stone with extensive remains of red cinnabar. Widths 2 1/2 and 2 3/8 in. (6.4 and 6 cm.) (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 45
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2004
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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