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THBSuperb Costa Rican Jadeite Axe God
Lot 128a
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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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Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya Region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Among the finest, largest, and most complex ancient Costa Rican jadeite axe god celts we have seen, this piece is expertly carved and string-cut with an anthropomorphic figure who faces forward and places his hands atop the heads of two kneeling diminutive figures - perhaps children, maybe even twins. Notice the skilled artistry exhibited here - the openwork between the arms and torso as well as between the children who kneel back to back as well as the stringcut facial features and digits. The jadeite itself is inherently beautiful with mottled blue-green hues and white inclusions. What makes this piece so exceptional is the fact that the lower "blade" section of the celt is also intricately carved with two more figures, as most Costa Rican celts have plain, uncarved lower sections. Such carving throughout the composition is most unusual. Size: 1.875" W (at widest point) x 5" H (4.8 cm x 12.7 cm); 5.625" H (14.3 cm) on included custom stand.
Costa Rica, along with Mesoamerica, is one of the two regions where jade was extensively carved in the Pre-Columbian world. The earliest example of worked jade, a pendant excavated from a burial site on the Nicoya Peninsula, dated to the mid-first millennium BCE. It appears that jade continued to be carved into personal ornaments, usually depicting animals such as birds, monkey, frogs, or insects like this example, until approximately 700 CE when gold became the favored material to fashion such ornaments.
Provenance: ex Gill collection, acquired from Art for Eternity
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#148652Minute nicks to the central protruding ridge on the verso. Otherwise excellent. Polished, so caliche deposits have likely been removed.Condition
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