Lot 225
  • 225

Two Costa Rican Jade Tubular Pendant Beads, Atlantic Watershed zone ca. A.D. 300-700

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • jade
  • Lengths: 12 in and 10 1/8 in (30.5 cm and 25.7 cm)

Provenance

Máximo Acosta Soto collects ion
Acquired from the above by the present owner's family in 1959

Exhibited

San Diego, Replica Handbags s Gallery and Society of San Diego, February- March 1969

Condition

Both fine, no breaks or repairs.
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Catalogue Note

Cf. Jones (1998:88, Pl. 82).
Long tubular beads were used as horizontal supports for additional ornaments, as seen on various basalt figures. The technical ability to biconically drill these pendants was a feat of lapidary skill.