Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya Region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Finely carved from a breathtakingly beautiful piece of jade boasting delightful seafoam green hues, a pendant in the form of an avian/anthropomorphic figure adeptly incised with a pronounced beak and long wings as well as human-like legs and a cap-like headdress or coiffure. Perforations are drilled behind the beak for suspension. Costa Rica was one of only two regions where jade was carved extensively in the Pre-Columbian era and the local flora and fauna of this tropical environment inspired sculptors to create marvelous works of wearable art like this example. Size: 4.875" H (12.4 cm)

Provenance: private Vaught collection, Atlanta, Georgia USA

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#124084

Minor surface wear. Near choice.