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Costa Rican Jade : Atlantic Watershed Jade Figure Pendant
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Atlantic Watershed Jade Figure Pendant - PF.3621
Origin: Eastern Costa Rica
Circa: 300
AD
to 700
AD
Dimensions:
3.5" (8.9cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Atlantic Watershed
Medium: Jade
$8,000.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
This fascinating anthropomorphic pendant is
carved of jade, a rare and beautiful stone that is
much harder than obsidian. Jade is the toughest
and most durable of the stones, and the flaking
and chipping procedures that are effective on
flint and other quartz minerals cannot work it.
Its superiority, thus, could have become evident
only at the Neolithic level of technology, when
stone could be worked by abrasion. This
pendant splendidly carved of jade full of rich
symbolism. Possibly representing a chieftain or
a shaman warrior, he has his hands placed on his
chest. The string-sawed separation between
arms and body, and his legs are very clear. His
allies with animal world are depicted with clarity;
two animal heads are perched on his head and
two crocodile heads are carved under his feet.
Perhaps such depiction of animals all indicate
the acknowledgment of conflicting forces of
nature, or maybe the figure is trying to join such
opposite forces. This beautiful pendant's cool
green color and the perfect symmetry are visually
and emotionally soothing. Its calm and timeless
presence and power appeals to our senses as it
did to people of Ancient Costa Rica. Even across
the obstacles of time and culture, the finely
carved jade amulet's grace, vibrant power, and
magic are undeniably evident today.
- (PF.3621)
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