**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Mayan Territories, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. This is fine group of 4 beautiful greenstone and jade pendant beads from ancient Mesoamerica. Three are naturally shaped beads, uncut, only polished and hand-drilled laterally through the center. The fourth stone has been string-cut to create attenuated grooves and shallow circular shapes, perhaps depicting a stylized face. Greenstone and jade were prized materials for their lovely green hues and their fertility symbolism in ancient Maya culture. All are pierced for suspension and could be made wearable as individual pendants or strung with other ancient beads! Size of each (all are relatively similar): 1.8" W x 1.5" H (4.6 cm x 3.8 cm)

Provenance: ex-Historia Gallery, James Caswell collection, Santa Monica, California, USA, before 2010

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All are smoothed and polished. Some minor chips and surface abrasions, otherwise intact. Old inventory labels written on surfaces. All are pierced for suspension.