Currently not on view

Standing figure,

1000–400 BCE

Olmec
Middle Formative
2023-63

Information

Title
Standing figure
Dates

1000–400 BCE

Medium
Dark green jadeite
Dimensions
12.4 × 5.1 × 1.9 cm (4 7/8 × 2 × 3/4 in.) h. on stand: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2023-63
Place Made

North America

<p> By 1966, Jay C. Leff (1925-2000), Uniontown, PA [1]; after 1974, on consignment with Judith Nash, New York; 1981, sold to Peter G. Wray (1934-2016), Scottsdale, AZ (#7050-W) [2]; March 1, 1985, sold to Herbert L. Lucas, Los Angeles (#5); 2005, sold to US private collection [4]; June 5, 2023, sold to the Princeton University Art Museum. </p> <p> [1] According to Elizabeth Easby, Ancient Art of Latin America from the Collection of Jay C. Leff (Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, 1966), illus., fig. 7. <br> [2] According to Peter David Joralemon, personal communication. Corroborated by André Emmerich and Perls Galleries, Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Wray (New York: André Emmerich and Perls Galleries, 1984), illus., fig. 4. <br> [3] According to US private collection. <br> [4] Ibid. <br> </p>