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Costa Rican Jade Zoomorphic Axe God, Linea Vieja region ca. A.D. 500-800
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- jade
- Height: 3 1/2 in (9 cm)
distinguished by the rounded beak-like face, drilled eyes and arms modedeled on the chest with fingers indicated, wearing a headdress of a double-crested avian; pierced laterally at the neck.
Provenance
Andre Emmerich, Inc.
Count Guy du Boisrouvray, Geneva, acquired from the above via Gübelin, Geneva, 1966, prior to the exhibition Les Tresors Precolombiens Chez Gübelin, May 2-31, 1966
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of the late Count and Countess Guy du Boisrouvray, October 27 and 28, 1989, lot 188
Count Guy du Boisrouvray, Geneva, acquired from the above via Gübelin, Geneva, 1966, prior to the exhibition Les Tresors Precolombiens Chez Gübelin, May 2-31, 1966
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of the late Count and Countess Guy du Boisrouvray, October 27 and 28, 1989, lot 188