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Excentrique en silex représentant le Dieu K, Maya
作品估价：EUR 50,000 - 70,000
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Excentrique en silex représentant le Dieu K, Maya
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Property from a European Private Collection
Maya Eccentric Flint of God K
Late Classic, circa AD 550-950
Height: 14 in (35.5 cm)
André Emmerich, New York (inv. no. M74)
European Private Collection, acquired on March 28, 1967
Thence by descent
Elizabeth Kennedy Easby and John F. Scott,Before Cortes: Sculpture of Middle America - A Centennial Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1970, n° 200
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,Before Cortés: Sculpture of Middle America - A Centennial Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 30, 1970 - January 3, 1971
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,2012 - 2023 (inv. no. L.2012.2.1), on loan
The delicately knapped ceremonial scepter of K’awiil, God K, patron of kingship, power and lightning, is depicted with an identifiable human profile with serrated back rack, headdress and characteristic bifurcated scroll representing a smoking torch emanating from his forehead; in brown chert.
K’awiil’s dramatic depiction as a scepter further aligns its usage in accession rituals (see the portrayal of a dignitary wielding a staff incorporating a K’awiil scepter, mayavase.com, K1261).
Shaped flints were placed in dedicatory caches to consecrate new buildings and under stelae, often along with bloodletting implements, shells and precious, regenerative jade.
The fabrication of flaked chert objects was a painstaking process that demanded time and considerable precision in flaking away at the stone. The materials supposed supernatural origin and iconography denote its function as a ritually-charged symbol of regal authority.
For closely related examples see Dumbarton Oaks PC. B, 588, Mary Miller and Simon Martin, Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya, 2004, p. 151, pls. 81, 82, see also Princeton University Art Museum, inv. no. 2003-292.
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 Eccentric Flint of God K
Late Classic, circa AD 550-950
Height: 14 in (35.5 cm)
André Emmerich, New York (inv. no. M74)
European Private Collection, acquired on March 28, 1967
Thence by descent
Elizabeth Kennedy Easby and John F. Scott,Before Cortes: Sculpture of Middle America - A Centennial Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1970, n° 200
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,Before Cortés: Sculpture of Middle America - A Centennial Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 30, 1970 - January 3, 1971
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,2012 - 2023 (inv. no. L.2012.2.1), on loan
The delicately knapped ceremonial scepter of K’awiil, God K, patron of kingship, power and lightning, is depicted with an identifiable human profile with serrated back rack, headdress and characteristic bifurcated scroll representing a smoking torch emanating from his forehead; in brown chert.
K’awiil’s dramatic depiction as a scepter further aligns its usage in accession rituals (see the portrayal of a dignitary wielding a staff incorporating a K’awiil scepter, mayavase.com, K1261).
Shaped flints were placed in dedicatory caches to consecrate new buildings and under stelae, often along with bloodletting implements, shells and precious, regenerative jade.
The fabrication of flaked chert objects was a painstaking process that demanded time and considerable precision in flaking away at the stone. The materials supposed supernatural origin and iconography denote its function as a ritually-charged symbol of regal authority.
For closely related examples see Dumbarton Oaks PC. B, 588, Mary Miller and Simon Martin, Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya, 2004, p. 151, pls. 81, 82, see also Princeton University Art Museum, inv. no. 2003-292.
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.