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Maya Jade Necklace with head pendant, Late Classic, ca. A.D. 550-950
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
- jade
- Height of pendant: 2 in (5 cm); length of necklace overall 18 in (45.7 cm)
the dignitary's head with large eyes, full lips, and wearing earrings, adorned with a massive avian head as headdress, with carefully drilled nostrils, short downturned beak and rounded eyes; pierced laterally for suspension and strung with a suite of brilliant apple green jade beads.
Provenance
New York private collection, (Sotheby's, New York, May 27, 1998, lot 145) for the head pendant.