Imperial Green Jade Mayan Figure, Late Classic, CA. A.D. 550-950, ex Sotheby's
Imperial Green Jade Mayan Figure, Late Classic, CA. A.D. 550-950, an aged hunchbacked figure leaning forward, with parted lips and Roman nose, wearing a bead necklace, ear ornaments, and loin cloth, the head covered in a turban. Pierced through the neck for suspension. In deep imperial green with pale green veining. Height 1 1/2” (3.8 cm.)
Exhibited: Birmingham, The Birmingham Museum of Art, 1984-1986
Sotheby’s, November 20th, 1989 Auction, lot #106
Imperial Green Jade Mayan Figure, Late Classic, CA. A.D. 550-950, an aged hunchbacked figure leaning forward, with parted lips and Roman nose, wearing a bead necklace, ear ornaments, and loin cloth, the head covered in a turban. Pierced through the neck for suspension. In deep imperial green with pale green veining. Height 1 1/2” (3.8 cm.)
Exhibited: Birmingham, The Birmingham Museum of Art, 1984-1986
Sotheby’s, November 20th, 1989 Auction, lot #106
Imperial Green Jade Mayan Figure, Late Classic, CA. A.D. 550-950, an aged hunchbacked figure leaning forward, with parted lips and Roman nose, wearing a bead necklace, ear ornaments, and loin cloth, the head covered in a turban. Pierced through the neck for suspension. In deep imperial green with pale green veining. Height 1 1/2” (3.8 cm.)
Exhibited: Birmingham, The Birmingham Museum of Art, 1984-1986
Sotheby’s, November 20th, 1989 Auction, lot #106