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THBChiriqui Jade Bat-Headed Pendant
Lot 177
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Mar 21, 2019
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2019-03-21 10:00:00
2019-03-21 10:00:00
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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Panama, Chiriqui culture, ca. 500 to 1200 CE. An incredibly-preserved pale blue-green jade bat-headed pendant with an abstract anthropomorphic female body and a celt-shaped base. The face is in relief, with prominent nostrils, a flat mouth, and large round, drilled eyes. The pendant may have been worn suspended through the eyes or through the small openings at the "arms" of the body. Nocturnal bats - the only winged mammals that fly - were believed to be as ominous as owls among Pre-Columbian cultures. Swooping and darting in the night sky, the ancients of the Americas linked these creatures to both the underworld and sexual potency, the sexual connotations in turn associated with rain and fertility. Size: 1.25" W x 1.7" H (3.2 cm x 4.3 cm); 2.25" H (5.7 cm) on included custom stand.
Research in the late 1990s and early 2000s pinpointed the source of this blue-green jade - sometimes known as "Olmec blue" for one culture famous for using it - as the lowland Motagua River near the modern day border of Guatemala and Honduras; stone from this source was carved and traded widely throughout early Mesoamerica. The value of jade for ancient people lay in its symbolic power: perhaps its color was associated with water and vegetation. Many scholars have argued that the demand for jadeite contributed to the rise of long distance trading networks and to the rise of urban centers in ancient Mesoamerica. This would have been an exceedingly valuable and rare piece of ceremonial art.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex- J. Leff collection, a famous collector from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA. Pieces from his collection have been exhibited at the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Frick Art Museum
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#139287Excellent condition. Light encrustation in the eyes. Tiny scratches on surface, mainly the back.Condition
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