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Teotihuacan Jade-like Stone Sculpture of a Standing Figure - PF.3144
Origin: Mexico
Circa: 300
AD
to 600
AD
Dimensions:
5" (12.7cm) high
x 2.75" (7.0cm) wide
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Teotihuacan
Medium: Jade-like Stone
$6,500.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
A place of legend and mystery, Teotihuacan is
literally translated to "where people become
gods". This standing figure may be a god
himself. In state of meditation, it appears as
though he is humming a prayer. This figure's
smooth surface bears the ages of time and years
of rubbing. The color green, bearing the breath
of life, may have been carved specifically to
represent good fortune and protection. Perhaps
the owner of this precious relic used it as a good
luck charm and looked up to it as an object of
great reverence.
- (PF.3144)
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