Lot Essay
Cf. Olmec World, pl. 221a
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PROPERTY FROM THE G.A.H. BUISMAN JNZ. COLLECTION
OLMEC JADE SPOON
MIDDLE PRECLASSIC, CA. 900 - 600 B.C.
Details
OLMEC JADE SPOON
MIDDLE PRECLASSIC, ca. 900 - 600 B.C.
with concave shallow bowl; in gray-green stone, pierced twice at the top for suspension.
Length 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.)
MIDDLE PRECLASSIC, ca. 900 - 600 B.C.
with concave shallow bowl; in gray-green stone, pierced twice at the top for suspension.
Length 4 1/4 in. (10.8 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. 20, 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. 20, 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.