MARAJOARA CREAM-SLIPPED OLLA W/ GEOMETRICMOTIFS**Originally Listed At $1500**
Pre-Columbian, Brazil, Lower Amazon Basin, Marajo Island, Marajoara culture, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. A beautiful hand-built vase with a planar...
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MOCHE BLACKWARE SEATED FIGURAL STIRRUPVESSEL**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished blackware pottery vessel depicting...
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2 TRANSLATED NEO-SUMERIAN CLAY FOUNDATIONCONESAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian Period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A pair of hand-built clay foundation cones...
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NAYARIT IXTLAN DEL RIO POLYCHROME SEATEDFEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio type, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A remarkable, hand-built pottery female depicted sitting cross-legged as she...
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2 TRANSLATED NEO-SUMERIAN CLAY FOUNDATIONCONESAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian Period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A lovely pair of hand-built clay foundation...
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NEOLITHIC CHINESE MAJIAYAO PAINTED POTTERYFOOTED DISHEast Asia, China, Neolithic Period, Majiayao culture, ca. 3300 to 2000 BCE. A hand-built pottery bowl of utilitarian form with a flared foot beneath the broad basin...
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FINE ZAPOTEC POTTERY DOUBLE JAR W/ INCISEDDEITIES TL'D...Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec, Monte Alban IIIa, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A rare and fine example of a hand-built pottery vessel containing two...
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RARE HUASTEC SAN JERONIMO POTTERY FEMALEFIGUREPre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Huastec culture, San Jeronimo type, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A hand-built pottery female figure standing atop tapered legs...
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NAZCA POLYCHROME VESSEL W/ MYTHICALBEING, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A hand-built pottery cup adorned with a vibrantly colored depiction of the fierce "Anthropomorphic...
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EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM POLYCHROME USHABTIFOR BA-SHA-WERAncient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reigns of Amenhotep III to Akhenaten, ca. 1360 to 1330 BCE. A lovely example of a hand-built pottery ushabti of slender...
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LARGE TLATILCO POTTERY FEMALE FIGURE,EX ARTE PRIMITIVO...**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 200 BCE. An exemplary hand-built pottery sculpture of a standing female...
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COLIMA POTTERY FEMALE FIGURAL VESSEL**OriginallyListed At $200**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built figural redware vessel of a seated female shown nude with a...
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FINE MAYA PLUMBATE POTTERY VESSEL W/DEATH SCENE, TL'DPre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, Guatemala, Maya, Post-Classic Period, ca. 1000 to 1200 CE. A hand-built plumbate pottery vessel incised with elaborate motifs,...
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PUBLISHED MAYA POTTERY RITUAL CACHEVESSEL W/ GIPre-Columbian, Central America, Guatemala, Peten region, Maya culture, Early Classic Period, Tzakol phase, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. An incredible and sizable...
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TRANSLATED NEO-SUMERIAN CLAY FOUNDATIONCONES (PR)Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A wonderful set of two hand-built clay...
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ANCESTRAL PUEBLOAN BICHROME LADLENativeAmerican, Southwest United States, Southern Colorado Plateau, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), ca. 1075 to 1250 CE. A lovely, hand-built pottery ladle presenting a thick, tubular...
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PANAMANIAN COCLE POLYCHROME EFFIGY VESSELJAGUAR HEADPre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A lovely hand-built pottery jar with a rounded but stable base and a gently carinated...
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NAZCA POLYCHROME BOWL ANTHROPOMORPHICMYTHICAL BEINGPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel adorned with a vibrantly painted and fierce "Anthropomorphic Mythical...
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CHAVIN CUPISNIQUE POTTERY VESSEL W/FALCON HEADSPre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin-Cupisnique, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A sizable example of a hand-built pottery stirrup vessel exhibiting a planar base,...
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PREHISTORIC MIMBRES BLACK ON WHITE BOWLW/ ZOOMORPHNative American, Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Mimbres Valley, ca. 950 to 1150 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl created via the coil and scrape method, into...
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MASSIVE PREHISTORIC HOHOKAM RED ON BUFFPLATTER BOWLNative American, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Hohokam culture, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. A large red on buff style pottery platter or bowl, with an elongated...
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COLIMA SHALLOW POTTERY DISH W/ SCORPIONSPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery dish with an applied creature in the center and a two resting upon the rim. The vessel has a rounded, stable...
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LARGE COLIMA POTTERY GADROONED TRIPODJAR W/ PARROTSPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery jar of sizable form covered in lustrous...
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MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP VESSEL - PORTRAITHEAD FORMPre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A gorgeous example of a hand-built pottery vessel with a planar base, a head-shaped body,...
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MAYA ULUA VALLEY POLYCHROME TRIPOD DISHW/ BIRDSPre-Columbian, Honduras, Ulua Valley, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl of squat form with a thick rim and a wide, shallow basin....
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ANCIENT JAPANESE JOMON TERRACOTTA VESSEL,TL TESTEDEast Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 3000 BCE. A hand-built terracotta vessel of a tall, deep form with a flat base, the exterior walls impressed with...
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TALL ANCIENT JAPANESE JOMON POTTERYVESSEL, TL TESTEDEast Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2600 to 1400 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of a tall and conical form exhibiting the ancient coil and scrape methods...
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18TH C. CHINESE QING GLAZED POTTERYDISH, TL TESTEDEast Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th century CE. A hand-built pottery dish of sizable form with a ringed foot, squat walls, and a thick rim surrounding...
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RARE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SEAL RING INSCRIBEDHIEROGLYPHSEgypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A hand-built faience seal ring exhibiting a rectangular face with 2 columns of inscribed hieroglyphs,...
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RARE EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC GOLD RING INCISEDSTYLIZED PYRA...Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A hand-built 22K gold ring of wearable form with a circular face incised with a stylized pyramid surrounded by...
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RARE TAIRONA EFFIGY VESSEL CONJOINEDMAN & WOMAN**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca.1000 to 1550 CE. A hand-built earthenware effigy vessel of a conjoined type with a pair of...
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ZACATECAS POLYCHROME SEATED FEMALE,EX-BONHAMS**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Zacatecas culture, Early Classic Period, ca. 250 to 450 CE. A superb hand-built pottery figure depicting a...
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HUGE ANCIENT AMLASH POTTERY PITCHERPINCHED SPOUT**Originally Listed At $1500**
Ancient Near East / Ancient Mediterranean, Amlash culture, ca. 1400 to 1000 BCE. A hand-built redware pottery vessel of a grand...
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CHINESE MING POTTERY CIZHOU WARE WINEJAREast Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A splendid, hand-built pottery wine jar of a sizable form from the Cizhou Ware tradition with a narrow, circular base,...
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CHINESE NEOLITHIC PAINTED POTTERY BOWLS,4 Four ancient Chinese Neolithic hand-built pottery bowls, each hand-painted with geometric designs. 3.25" H x 6" diameter. Provenance: From the estate of a prominent Chinese...
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A pair of Chinese hand built up ceramicmodels of dogs of Fo with part sang de boeuf glaze raised seals. Ht. 11cm....
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