Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 22nd February 2023
Lot 68
An Atlantic Watershed figural pendant
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1400
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Description
An Atlantic Watershed figural pendant
Costa Rica, circa 300 - 500 AD
with suspension holes through the front of the neck,
9.3cm high,
two Guanacaste Nicoya greenstone avian pendants, circa 300 - 500 AD, pierced through the neck for suspension, 10.8cm and 12.8cm high, an Atlantic Watershed jade pendant, circa 300 - 500 AD, having a shaped end and with incised linear decoration, drilled through the top for suspension, with a rib to the back, 11.6cm wide and a Costa Rican mottled stone avian pendant, drilled through the neck, 8.5cm high. (5)
Provenance
First four - Banks - Primitive Inc., Maryland, USA, 30th September 1994.
Mottled stone avian - Bonhams, sale 17089, lot 441.
Romy Rey Collection, London.