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Pre-Columbian, culture of the Guanacaste People

Jade pendant in the form of a bat with its wings spread, the ends of which with aligator heads, their mouths closed (Nicoya). 600–900 AD

Jade. 15 × 4,1 cm (5 ⅞ × 1 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Pre-Columbian, culture of the Guanacaste People. Jade pendant in the form of a bat with its wings spread, the ends of which with aligator heads, their mouths closed (Nicoya). 600–900 AD.

Estimate:

EUR 2,000

 

- 3,000

USD 2,130

 

- 3,200

Sold for:

4,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.06.2017

Information

Jade. 15 × 4,1 cm (5 ⅞ × 1 ⅝ 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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