Mayan Brownware Pendant + Seated Figure
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**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Mayan Territories, Mayan, late Classic period, ca. 550 to 950 CE. A lovely group of hand-carved stone miniatures, one a pendant and the other a small seated figure. First is a finely-detailed head of a Mayan lord, with prominent facial features, a delineated neck line, and an elaborate headdress adorned in emerald-green pigment with a lateral perforation through the sides. Second is a squat figure which sits on a rounded base, its arms, torso, and neck all delineated, with an amusing countenance and domed head. Both items are wonderful examples from the later periods of the Mayan Empire! Size of largest (seated figure): 2.375" H (6 cm).
Provenance: private Lexington, Kentucky, USA collection; ex-Dr. Robert Gonzalo collection, acquired in the 1960s
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#131775
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Mayan Territories, Mayan, late Classic period, ca. 550 to 950 CE. A lovely group of hand-carved stone miniatures, one a pendant and the other a small seated figure. First is a finely-detailed head of a Mayan lord, with prominent facial features, a delineated neck line, and an elaborate headdress adorned in emerald-green pigment with a lateral perforation through the sides. Second is a squat figure which sits on a rounded base, its arms, torso, and neck all delineated, with an amusing countenance and domed head. Both items are wonderful examples from the later periods of the Mayan Empire! Size of largest (seated figure): 2.375" H (6 cm).
Provenance: private Lexington, Kentucky, USA collection; ex-Dr. Robert Gonzalo collection, acquired in the 1960s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#131775
Condition
Both items have age-commensurate surface wear, small chips around peripheries, fading to carved features and pigmentation, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits within recessed areas. Old sticker adhesive on base of figure.
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- 24.5%
Mayan Brownware Pendant + Seated Figure
Estimate $900 - $1,200
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