Standing female figure, ca. 500-900 AD · Mexico, Maya, Jaina · ID: 3046569
Anna Maria Posset (1922-2018), Würzburg / Miltenberg, Germany (1977)
Description
fired clay, residues of paint, elaborately restored in several places, base
Jaina Island is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the present-day Mexican state of Campeche. Jaina served as an elite Maya burial site, and is notable for the high number of fine ceramic figurines excavated there.
The object Standing female figure, ca. 500-900 AD with the object ID 3046569 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 133 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.
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Notices
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