Ancient Suns

A beautiful and rare set of ancient Pre-Columbian Olmecoid spotted jaguar river jade beads, dating to approximately 300 BC. This time period dates the end of the Olmec Culture, and the beginning of several of the succeeding Mesoamerican cultures, such as the Mayan, Mezcala, Zapotec and others. These beads have been carefully and skillfully sculpted into this rare bone-like shape. The very hard stone material(approximately 6.5 on the Mohs scale) has a superb hand polish.
Provenance: Sotheby’s Auction House

One of the beads measures 27mm x 17mm; the other measures 25mm x 17mm