Celt carved in the form of a supernatural creature

1000–300 B.C.

Medium: Translucent pale blue green jade
Dimensions: 13 3/4 in. (34.93 cm)
Credit Line: Private collection
Loan number: ILE2015.19.10
Geography: Puebla, Mexico
Culture: Mexico, Puebla, Olmec
Period: Middle Formative
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Ex-collecation: Wolfgang Paalen, Jay C. Leff, Uniontown NY; Judith Nash, NYC; William B. O'Boyle, NYC

Bibliography

Michael D. Coe, The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, exh. cat. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University, 1995), 263, no. 175

Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civizations, from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, exh. cat. (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art, October 15, 1959- January 3, 1960), 66, no. 411

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Additional information

Object/Work type

celts

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