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| Auction Closes At: |
10:00:00 02/24/2025 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
001. Olmec Jadeite Standing Figure in Transformation |
| Estimate: |
$20,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
$10,000.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$10,000.00 |
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| Category: |
Pre-Columbian Art
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| Sub Category: |
Mexico - Olmec and Pre-Classic Cultures
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| Culture or Country: |
Guerrero region.
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| Period: |
Pre-classic Period, ca. 1200 - 500 B.C.
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| Size: |
6-1/8”H. x 2-5/8”W. |
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| Description: |
Carved mottled blue-green jadeite stone standing shaman figure in transition to a jaguar. Depicted with a large upturned mouth, resembling a jaguar snout. Tiny biconical drilled perforations in his ear lobes. Wearing an incised belt. Left forearm cleanly reattached, and a stablized hair line on the top left corner of his head, otherwise intact, overall exc. cond. A classic and beautiful example. Custom bronze base.
Comp: Rediscovered Masterpieces, Boulogne, 1985, no. 10, p. 38.
Expertise: Pre-Columbian Art Research Associates, 1995. |
| Provenance: |
From the Collection of Michael Fuchs, NY. Collected in the 1980’s - 1990’s.
Ex. Daniel Wolfe, New York, 1980’s.
Ex. Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, 1990’s. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$60.00 |
| International: |
$125.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Olmec Jadeite Standing Figure in Transformation
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