Lot Essay
Cf. Art de Mesoamerique, fig. 171
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PROPERTY FROM THE G.A.H. BUISMAN JNZ. COLLECTION
MAYAN FEMALE FIGURE
JAINA, LATE CLASSIC, CA. A.D. 550 - 950
Details
MAYAN FEMALE FIGURE
JAINA, LATE CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 550 - 950
of regal posture, long arms with hands placed neatly on her folded legs, her face distinguished by tattooed lines accenting her cheeks, downward-cast eyes adorned with long bead necklace, cuffs, earrings and low-slung, close-fitting huipil, with high shaven forehead framed by stepped bangs and surmounted with a coiled, cotton headdress.
Height 5 7/8 in. (4.9 cm.)
JAINA, LATE CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 550 - 950
of regal posture, long arms with hands placed neatly on her folded legs, her face distinguished by tattooed lines accenting her cheeks, downward-cast eyes adorned with long bead necklace, cuffs, earrings and low-slung, close-fitting huipil, with high shaven forehead framed by stepped bangs and surmounted with a coiled, cotton headdress.
Height 5 7/8 in. (4.9 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. 62, illus.
Greenwich, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich Library, April 23 - June 20, 1981, fig. 21, 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. 62, illus.
Greenwich, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich Library, April 23 - June 20, 1981, fig. 21, 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
Many of the elegant Jaina figures were also musical accompaniments to the afterlife, the bodies serving as whistles.