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PRECOLUMBIAN OLMEC GREENSTONE FIGURE
Estimate:
$1,000 - $2,000
Sold
$600
Live Auction
March 25th Estate Auction
Category
Description
Middle Preclassic period, ca. 900-300 B.C., carved in serpentine, the figure standing with large elongated head, pierced ears, arms at his side, triangular 'loincloth', and shortened legs that bend backwards
h. 5-3/4 w. 2-1/2 d. 1-3/8 in.
For a similar treatment of 'loincloth', see the standing figure in the Dumbarton Oaks collection, accession number PC.B.014; For a similarly modeled figure, see the jade anthropomorphic figure in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.71.73.327
Condition
one foot shipped