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Naturalistic Maya Jaina Polychrome Seated Lord TL'd
Naturalistic Maya Jaina Polychrome Seated Lord TL'd
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**Originally Listed At $2500**

Pre-Columbian, Jaina/Campeche Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 to 850 CE. A striking and lifelike seated terracotta figure of a lord with an elaborate, serpent-like headdress and a large shell pectoral. The figure has his legs crossed and one arm is stretched across his chest to touch his other arm in a gesture perhaps meant to evoke ritual bloodletting. Jaina figures, from an island off the Yucatan peninsula, are noted for their lifelike faces and their immense detail. The clothing that this figure wears almost certainly copies the real clothing of a person in the Late Classic Maya period. Jaina figures probably represent actual people and seem likely to have been produced in Campeche and brought to Jaina Island to be buried with the dead. Size: 3.2" W x 5.75" H (8.1 cm x 14.6 cm)

This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, acquired in the 1960s

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Condition
Repaired and restored from multiple pieces. This is well done and difficult to see. One hand is missing. Great remaining detail and color.
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Naturalistic Maya Jaina Polychrome Seated Lord TL'd

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