Three Colima Stone Figures,
Late Preclassic, ca. 300 - 100 B.C.
Late Preclassic, ca. 300 - 100 B.C.
heights: 2 1/4, 2 1/2 and 2 5/8ins (6.7, 6.5 and 6.8cm)
most likely jade, each stylized seated figure (two males and one female) with openwork arms resting on upraised legs, rounded faces with circular drilled mouths and eyes and projecting noses, two figures pierced on the back for suspension as jewelry.
Provenance:
Yen-Ley Collection
Lucia Meza-Ley, 1950's by descent
Cf. Townsend (1998: fig. 13)
most likely jade, each stylized seated figure (two males and one female) with openwork arms resting on upraised legs, rounded faces with circular drilled mouths and eyes and projecting noses, two figures pierced on the back for suspension as jewelry.
Provenance:
Yen-Ley Collection
Lucia Meza-Ley, 1950's by descent
Cf. Townsend (1998: fig. 13)
Sold for
US$ 2,074
inc. premium
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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