A PAIR OF MAYAN JADE EAR FLARES
A PAIR OF MAYAN JADE EAR FLARES

LATE CLASSIC, CA. A.D 550-950

細節
A PAIR OF MAYAN JADE EAR FLARES
Late Classic, ca. A.D 550-950
Each with gently recessed disc with a centrally pierced roundel; in celadon green; carved out of one thin translucent sheet of stone.
Diameter 2 3/8 each (6 cm.) (2)
來源
Carlo Gay Collection

拍品專文

These earflares with their exceptionally thin walls were a considerable challenge to carve out of the steel-hard jade.