A COLIMA-STYLE TERRACOTTA ARMADILLOEFFIGY VESSELA Colima-style terracotta armadillo effigy vesselPre-Columbian, Classic period (A.D. 300-900); Western MexicoThe zoomorphic ceramic with delicately incised patterning...
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NORTHERN PLAINS CATLINITE PIPES & WOODFLAT STEMSFor your consideration this lot includes two (2) Northern Plains Catlinite Pipes and Wood Flat Stems; one "plains" pipe and one "elbow" pipe. Pipestone (Catlinite)...
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COLIMA DOG EFFIGY VESSEL, C. 1000-250AD, MEXICOColima Dog Effigy Vessel, Preclassic Period, Mexico, c. 100 BC- 250 AD, red burnished terracotta, the tail forming the spout. Dimensions: 6 H x 12 L x 6 W
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MAYA STONE QUETZALCOATL HEAD W/ HUMANHEAD IN MOUTH**Originally Listed At $2000**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A finely preserved stone sculpture...
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4 GREEK GEOMETRIC BRONZE OINOCHOE AMULETSGreece,Geometric Period, ca. 8th to 6th Century BCE. This is a fine collection of 4 bronze oinochoe or pitcher-shaped amulets. Each is mold cast with a rounded, piriform body, a...
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TEOTIHUACAN TERRACOTTA DOG EFFIGY VESSEL,TL'DPre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 400 to 600 CE. An incredibly rare Teotihuacan spouted puppy vessel! Mold-made from orange terracotta that was very much...
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NAYARIT POTTERY STANDING FEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A large and impressive clay figure of a nude female shown standing on two thick-set legs. The stocky figure...
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COLIMA POTTERY FIGURE W/ DOG & MAYAPOTTERY FLAT FIGURE...Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A nice gathering...
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SICAN SILVER BIRDS W/ GOLD DETAILING(PR)Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 850 to 1000 CE. A pair of rare, fascinating objects - high percentage silver-bodied birds with hammered...
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HUGE NAYARIT POTTERY SEATED WARRIORFIGURE W/ CLUB**Originally Listed At $3000**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An expressive and sizable warrior figure of...
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FINE COLIMA POTTERY SEATED ITHYPHALLICFIGURAL VESSELPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel in the form of a seated ithyphallic figure. Highly...
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NATIVE AMERICAN MIDDLE WOODLAND STONEEFFIGY PIPENative America, Midwestern / Southern USA, Middle Woodland period, ca. 200 to 1000 CE. A fascinating pipe, hand-carved from greenish-gray stone to display a tubular...
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19TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN STONE FROG EFFIGYPLATFORM PIPE...Native American, Southeastern United States, Tennessee, likely Cherokee, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. A cute and fabulous effigy stone platform smoking...
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IMPRESSIVE NAYARIT CHINESCO POTTERYSEATED NUDE MALEPre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, Type C, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An impressive pottery figure of a male shown seated with...
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LARGE NAYARIT SAN SEBASTIAN REDWARESEATED FIGUREPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, San Sebastian style, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A massive pottery figure depicted seated on a two-legged...
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MAYA ULUA VALLEY POLYCHROME BOWL W/MONKEYSPre-Columbian, Central America, Honduras, Ulua Valley, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An impressive pottery bowl displaying a flattened base and sturdy...
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RARE MAYA STONE HEAD PENDANT W/ SPIRALINGHEADDRESSPre-Columbian, Mexico, Gulf Coast region, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A well-preserved head pendant that is hand-carved from mottled greenstone...
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EGYPTIAN GLAZED FAIENCE RING - AEGISW/ SEKHMETAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1069 to 664 BCE. A stunning faience ring of delicate form comprised of a mold-made aegis attached...
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STUNNING SICAN SILVER & TURQUOISE LORDAQUILLA VESSEL**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque or Chimu culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A silver drinking vessel with portrait-like...
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CHINESE HAN DYNASTY MYTHICAL RHINO BEAST,TL'DEast Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A fantastic mold made pottery effigy of a rhinoceroses-pig hybrid creature, with horns protruding from the neck and...
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NICOYA POLYCHROME JAGUAR EFFIGY RATTLEVESSEL**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya, Period VI, ca. 1000 to 1350 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel depicting a highly stylized jaguar...
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HUGE NAYARIT SEATED NUDE FEMALEPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A fabulous and quite massive clay sculpture of a seated female depicted nude with a long, rectangular torso,...
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RIO MAGDALENA MOSKITO POTTERY URN W/LID, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Northern Colombia, Rio Magdalena, Moskito, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A This is an incredible funerary effigy vessel with a figural lid, and a conical...
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EGYPTIAN BRONZE NUDE HARPOKRATES AMUNW/ GILT EYESAncient Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A rare and remarkably preserved bronze figure of Harpokrates Amun presenting as the nude child...
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PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN EFFIGY SOTHIC DOG,EXHIBITED LACMAEgypt, late Ptolemaic to Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 1st century BCE to 3rd century CE. An exceedingly rare, mold-formed terracotta canine, known as the Sothic...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN COLIMA STANDING DOG EFFIGYPossibly Comala period (c. 200 BCE-300 CE), Mexico Northwest, terracotta with mottled red and black surface, modeled as a chihuahua standing four square, with large ears raised,...
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A Steatite Effigy Pipe, Hawk
MiddleWoodland Period, 500 B.C. - A.D. 500
length 5-3/8 inches...
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ENGLISH TUDOR TOMB EFFIGY RUBBINGS,PAIR English Tudor period tomb effigy rubbings, a pair, in gold-on-black, one depicting Sir Roger Bellingham of Kendal, Westmorland, the other his wife, Lady Margaret, the...
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A MIXTEC-STYLE XANTIL DEITY CENSERAMixtec-style xantil deity censer, Late Postclassic Period (circa 1200–1500) or later Likely Mixtec or Nahua, the anthropomorphic, ceramic effigy brazier in the form of...
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A MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN PERIOD EFFIGYPOT ATTR CAHOKIAThe midwestern Cahokia culture hooded vessel shaded from red to grey-black is in the form of an effigy animal figure with small upright ears, slightly slanted...
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Polychrome animal effigy jar, prehistoricSouthwest Indian Pottery attributed to the Casas Grandes Medio Period, AD 1150-1450. From the Casas Grandes site in Chihuahua, Mexico. 6 1/2" H x 4" dia (at opening). Large...
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