SIX MAYAN GREENSTONE AND JADE PENDANTS

Late Classic period, ca. AD 300 - 900 > A group of six Maya greenstone ornaments of varied shapes, including curved and rounded examples. Some are carved with stylised facial features. For the Maya, jade and related valued greenstones were associated with preciousness, vitality and living growth. Ornaments could express elite standing and also enter ritual and funerary settings. Their importance lay in both the material and its connection with ideas about enduring life and power. > > Size: 40-75mm x 15-45mm; Weight: 195g > Provenance: Prince Collection, 1990s�2014; Ex. Auktion 194 - Kunst der Antike Tue 14 December 2010. Lot 650. > >

Estimate:£200

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