Costa Rican Jade Avian Pendant with Hooked BeakPre-Columbian, Costa Rica,...
Costa Rican Jade Avian Pendant with Hooked BeakPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya, ca. 500–1000 CE. A miniature avian pendant carved from mottled blue-green jade, its raptor identity compressed into a few decisive planes. A large angular hooked beak projects from beneath a raised crest, flanked by bold relief disc eyes, while stylized wings fold tight against the chest above short legs with delineated toes. A biconical suspension hole pierces the neck for wear. The form most likely began as a longer celt pendant whose lower blade was lost in antiquity and whose broken end was then recarved into feet, a reworking common among treasured jades. Presented on an old custom metal display base. Size: 2.25" W x 1.25" H (5.7 cm W x 3.2 cm H).
Costa Rican jadework flourished in the Nicoya region and the Atlantic watershed between roughly 300 and 700 CE, worked without metal tools by string sawing, abrasion with sand slurries, and tubular and biconical drilling. Raptorial birds, harpy eagles and vultures among them, dominate the repertoire as symbols of aerial dominion and elite status, worn as chest pendants by those who claimed that authority. The celt-form pendant, an axe blade repurposed as personal ornament, is the signature Costa Rican type; a broken example recut into a complete figure, as here, records a stone valued highly enough to be salvaged rather than discarded.
Provenance: Collection of Jimmy Belilty, Miami. Acquired from Latin American Artist Carlos Poveda, Caracas and Paris, 1980 - 1990.
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Item #73103Most likely originally having a lower celt blade, that was lost in antiquity, and recarved at that time with feet.
Costa Rican Jade Avian Pendant with Hooked BeakPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya, ca. 500–1000 CE. A miniature avian pendant carved from mottled blue-green jade, its raptor identity compressed into a few decisive planes. A large angular hooked beak projects from beneath a raised crest, flanked by bold relief disc eyes, while stylized wings fold tight against the chest above short legs with delineated toes. A biconical suspension hole pierces the neck for wear. The form most likely began as a longer celt pendant whose lower blade was lost in antiquity and whose broken end was then recarved into feet, a reworking common among treasured jades. Presented on an old custom metal display base. Size: 2.25" W x 1.25" H (5.7 cm W x 3.2 cm H).
Costa Rican jadework flourished in the Nicoya region and the Atlantic watershed between roughly 300 and 700 CE, worked without metal tools by string sawing, abrasion with sand slurries, and tubular and biconical drilling. Raptorial birds, harpy eagles and vultures among them, dominate the repertoire as symbols of aerial dominion and elite status, worn as chest pendants by those who claimed that authority. The celt-form pendant, an axe blade repurposed as personal ornament, is the signature Costa Rican type; a broken example recut into a complete figure, as here, records a stone valued highly enough to be salvaged rather than discarded.
Provenance: Collection of Jimmy Belilty, Miami. Acquired from Latin American Artist Carlos Poveda, Caracas and Paris, 1980 - 1990.
SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.).
PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception.
Item #73103Most likely originally having a lower celt blade, that was lost in antiquity, and recarved at that time with feet.
