Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 22nd February 2023
Lot 66
Two Atlantic Watershed Region axe-god pendants
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £450
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Description
Two Atlantic Watershed Region axe-god pendants
Costa Rica, circa 100 - 300 AD
jade, the smaller with a ribbed headdress and two suspension holes, the other with a single hole and a vertical rib to the back,
9.2cm and 12cm high,
and a nephrite axe blade pendant, 7.7cm long. (3)
Provenance
Phillips, London, Antiquities and Tribal Art, 10th July 1986, lot 120 and 121, according to which all three pieces were found in the Reventazon area.
Romy Rey Collection, London.