PECTORAL PLAQUE DEPICTING A LORD PERFORMING

A RITUAL BLEEDING ON THE TONGUE

MAYA - Mexico

500 – 750 AD.

Spotted green jadeite

Height: 9.8 cm

Width: 4.5 cm

Depth: 1.4 cm

Provenance :

• Former Hugues Denis collection since 1970

• Galerie Mermoz collection since 1997

Publication / Exhibition

• XIIIe Biennale des Antiquaires, cat. exp., du 25 septembre au 12 octobre 1986, Paris, Grand Palais, Stand 24, p. 31.