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THE MAYAN REGION
MAYAN STANDING DIGNITARY
JAINA, LATE CLASSIC, CA. A.D. 550 - 950
Details
MAYAN STANDING DIGNITARY
JAINA, LATE CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 550 - 950
with firm stance, right hand placed against his waist, the left arm extended to the side, the sculpted face with elongated nose bridge and cheek plates, wearing a multifolded loincloth, jade jewelry, and turban decorated with plumes and tied at the back with a bow.
Height 8 1/4 in. (20.9 cm.)
JAINA, LATE CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 550 - 950
with firm stance, right hand placed against his waist, the left arm extended to the side, the sculpted face with elongated nose bridge and cheek plates, wearing a multifolded loincloth, jade jewelry, and turban decorated with plumes and tied at the back with a bow.
Height 8 1/4 in. (20.9 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. 63, illus.
Greenwich, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich Library, April 23 - June 20, 1981, 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. 63, illus.
Greenwich, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich Library, April 23 - June 20, 1981, 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.
Further details
The composition of the clay and modeling suggest that the male figure forms a couple with lot 27.