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Pre-Columbian, culture of the Guanacaste People

Jade pendant - axe god in the form of a stylised human figure (Linea Vieja). 1200–600 BC

Jade or Clazedon. 9,5 × 4,5 cm (3 ¾ × 1 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Pre-Columbian, culture of the Guanacaste People. Jade pendant - axe god in the form of a stylised human figure (Linea Vieja). 1200–600 BC.

Estimate:

EUR 800

 

- 1,000

USD 854

 

- 1,070

Sold for:

1,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.06.2017

Information

Jade or Clazedon. 9,5 × 4,5 cm (3 ¾ × 1 ¾ in.).

Related literature: Claude F. Baudez: Mittelamerika. Geneva 1972, p. 39, plate 24 / Luis Ferrero: Precolombina Costa Rica. San José, 1977, p. 96, p. 139, ill. 129, plate III, IV, XIX / Mariano Cuesta Domingo (ed.): Prehispanic America – Time and Culture (2000 B.C.–1550 A.D.). New York, 1997, p. 105–107 .

Circa 1963 collection Evelyn D. De Goicoechea, San José / circa 1970 collection Marc Perc-Peretz (1918–1999), Saarbruecken, Honorary Counsel of Costa Rica / private collection, southern Germany

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