Lot Essay
Cf. Olmec World, fig. 233, for the type
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PROPERTY FROM THE G.A.H. BUISMAN JNZ. COLLECTION
OLMEC JADE PLAQUE
UPPER BALSAS RIVER BASIN, MIDDLE PRECLASSIC, CA. 900 - 600 B.C.
Details
OLMEC JADE PLAQUE
UPPER BALSAS RIVER BASIN, MIDDLE PRECLASSIC, ca. 900 - 600 B.C.
of ovoid form with flattened back, the convex front incised with the rectangular-shaped face of a deity, with large almond-shaped eyes, with pupils beneath thick horizontal brows, full lips downturned at the corners, faint horizontal lines extending to the edges of the plaque; drilled at the back and the top for suspension, in deep blue-green speckled stone with recessed areas filled with red pigment.
Width 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.)
UPPER BALSAS RIVER BASIN, MIDDLE PRECLASSIC, ca. 900 - 600 B.C.
of ovoid form with flattened back, the convex front incised with the rectangular-shaped face of a deity, with large almond-shaped eyes, with pupils beneath thick horizontal brows, full lips downturned at the corners, faint horizontal lines extending to the edges of the plaque; drilled at the back and the top for suspension, in deep blue-green speckled stone with recessed areas filled with red pigment.
Width 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.)
Provenance
William O'Boyle Collection
Exhibited
Hempstead, Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, February 28 - April 28, 1980.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 15, illus.
Greenwich, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich Library, April 23 - June 20, 1981, fig. 18, illus.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 15, illus.
Greenwich, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich Library, April 23 - June 20, 1981, fig. 18, illus.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.