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Hacha d'un serpent, Maya
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Hacha d'un serpent, Maya
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Property from a European Private Collection
Maya Stone Hachaof a Serpent
Late Classic, circa AD 550 - 950
Height: 11 ¼ in (28.6 cm)
Alphonse Jax, New York
European Private Collection, acquired from the above on February 5, 1978
Thence by descent
Denver, The Denver Art Museum, 1998 - 2017, (TL 18287.4)
One of three fine hachas in the collection (see lots 12 and 14) representing one of the important ceremonial objects of the ballgame. The hachas from the Southern highlands of the Maya region are typically slender in width and carved without a deep notch at the back.
The head of the animal here has jawlines terminating in symmetrical scrolls, and carved with a deep oval eye and gaping jaw; the body is tightly coiled up and over the head ending the powerful rattle of the snake. The lower edge of the sinuous body is carved with a segmented band.
The snake held continuous significance in Mesoamerican iconography, aptly revered for its ability to traverse above and below the ground, and the annual shedding of its skin as a form of rebirth. The snake is the fifth in the sequence of the twenty day or calendar signs for both the Aztecs and the Maya. The ‘plumed serpent’ deity Quetzalcoatl of the Aztecs, was portrayed as the vision serpent for the Maya.
Cf. Edwin M. Shook and Elayne Marquis, Secrets in Stone: Yokes, Hachas and Palmas from Southern Mesoamerica, Philadelphia, 1996, p. 171, S1.
The export of this property from France (including to other Member States of the European Union), as well as export from the European Union, may be subject to one or more export or import licenses being granted. Sotheby’s, upon request and for an administrative fee, may apply for a license to export your Lot(s) outside France.
L’exportation de ce bien hors de France (y compris vers d’autres pays de l’Union Européenne), ainsi que son exportation hors de l’Union Européenne, peuvent-être subordonnées à l’obtention d’une ou plusieurs autorisation(s) d’exporter ou d’importer. Sotheby’s, sur demande et contre paiement de frais administratifs, peut présenter une demande d’autorisation pour exporter votre(vos) Lot(s) hors de France.
Maya Stone Hachaof a Serpent
Late Classic, circa AD 550 - 950
Height: 11 ¼ in (28.6 cm)
Alphonse Jax, New York
European Private Collection, acquired from the above on February 5, 1978
Thence by descent
Denver, The Denver Art Museum, 1998 - 2017, (TL 18287.4)
One of three fine hachas in the collection (see lots 12 and 14) representing one of the important ceremonial objects of the ballgame. The hachas from the Southern highlands of the Maya region are typically slender in width and carved without a deep notch at the back.
The head of the animal here has jawlines terminating in symmetrical scrolls, and carved with a deep oval eye and gaping jaw; the body is tightly coiled up and over the head ending the powerful rattle of the snake. The lower edge of the sinuous body is carved with a segmented band.
The snake held continuous significance in Mesoamerican iconography, aptly revered for its ability to traverse above and below the ground, and the annual shedding of its skin as a form of rebirth. The snake is the fifth in the sequence of the twenty day or calendar signs for both the Aztecs and the Maya. The ‘plumed serpent’ deity Quetzalcoatl of the Aztecs, was portrayed as the vision serpent for the Maya.
Cf. Edwin M. Shook and Elayne Marquis, Secrets in Stone: Yokes, Hachas and Palmas from Southern Mesoamerica, Philadelphia, 1996, p. 171, S1.
The export of this property from France (including to other Member States of the European Union), as well as export from the European Union, may be subject to one or more export or import licenses being granted. Sotheby’s, upon request and for an administrative fee, may apply for a license to export your Lot(s) outside France.
L’exportation de ce bien hors de France (y compris vers d’autres pays de l’Union Européenne), ainsi que son exportation hors de l’Union Européenne, peuvent-être subordonnées à l’obtention d’une ou plusieurs autorisation(s) d’exporter ou d’importer. Sotheby’s, sur demande et contre paiement de frais administratifs, peut présenter une demande d’autorisation pour exporter votre(vos) Lot(s) hors de France.