
Property from the Estate of Paul A. Cohen, Massachusetts
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)