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Property from the Estate of Paul A. Cohen, Massachusetts

Maya Standing Female Figure

Jaina, Late Classic, circa AD 550 - 950

Auction Closed

June 18, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of Paul A. Cohen, Massachusetts


Maya Standing Female Figure

Jaina, Late Classic, circa AD 550 - 950


Ceramic


Height: 9 ½ in (24.1 cm)

Jay C. Leff, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, acquired by 1959

Sotheby's, New York, May 12, 1983, lot 30, consigned by the above

European Private Collection

Sotheby's, New York, November 23, 1992, lot 163, consigned by the above

Paul A. Cohen, Belmont, Massachusetts, acquired at the above auction

Thence by descent to the present owners

The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff, October 15, 1959 - January 3, 1960

The Brooklyn Museum, New York, Ancient Art from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, November 22, 1966 - March 5, 1967

The Huntington Galleries, Huntington, West Virginia, Ancient Art of Middle America: Selections from the Jay C. Leff Collection, February 17 - June 9, 1974

Gordon Bailey Washburn, ed., Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, 1959, p. 75, cat. no. 480 (listed)

Elizabeth K. Easby, Ancient Art from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, New York, 1966, p. 108, cat. no. 480 (illustrated)

Américas, Vol. 23, No. 6, June - July, 1971, p. 52 (illustrated)

Katheryn M. Linduff, Ancient Art of Middle America: Selections from the Jay C. Leff Collection, Huntington, West Virginia, 1974, n.p., fig. 135 (illustrated)