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Art of the Ancient Americas
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Jade pendant
A.D. 250–1000
Polished green jade with yellowish/brown inclusions.
2.62 × 1.93 × 0.94 cm (1 × 3/4 × 3/8 in.)
Anonymous gift
2014.7.1
Geography:
Guatemala
or geography Mexico
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Mexico or Guatemala, Maya
Period:
Early Classic to Late Classic Period
Classification:
Jewelry
Provenance:
Harmer Rooke Gallery, New York, March 3,1983; Furman Hebb, New York, 1983-2014; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
Sotheby’s France, Paris, Le Soleil de Nuit : Trésors Précolombiens dune Grande Collection Française, sale cat. (October 30, 2019), 168–69, lot 63, ill.
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