LARGE CHINESE PAINTED GUARDIAN FIGURE,TANGDYNASTY Large Chinese painted guardian figure from the Tang Dynasty, modeled standing on a wooden base, with one arm raised, the other lowered and with a clenched fist, the...
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PARACAS TEXTILE FRAGMENT - WARRIOR W/TROPHY HEADS**Originally Listed At $900**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Paracas culture, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A petite textile fragment composed of tightly woven camelid...
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RARE / HUGE NAZCA POLYCHROME SITTINGVENUS FIGURE**Originally Listed At $2000**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A stunning ceramic female Venus figure of an exceedingly rare...
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MOCHE BI-CHROME VESSEL W/ AI APEC, FIGURALHANDLE**Originally Listed At $850**
Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche V, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A fascinating vessel of unusual form, hand-sculpted from ceramic with...
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NARINO POTTERY SEATED COQUERO FIGUREPre-Columbian,Colombia, Highland Narino region, Capuli Cultural Complex, Narino culture, ca. 850 to 1500 CE. An intriguing, hand-built pottery coca-chewing figure - known as a coquero -...
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VERACRUZ LORD IN REGAL ATTIRE, EX-HOLLYWOOD,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A remarkable ceramic figure: a standing lord with a lifelike face and elaborate costume....
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MAYA POTTERY SEATED FEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian,Mexico and northern Central America, Maya Territories, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A delightful ceramic figure of a kneeling woman with an exaggeratedly...
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FINE COLIMA POTTERY GINGERBREAD FIGUREPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fabulous, hand-built redware of the early Tico typology depicting an ornate flat figure, sometimes referred to as a "gingerbread"...
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CHANCAY BICHROME VESSEL - FEMALE FIGUREHOLDING FRUITPre-Columbian, Chancay culture, Peru, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Wow! An impressive example of a classic Chancay form, a star gazer, holding a fruit, perhaps a cherimoya...
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ADORABLE CHANCAY BICHROME MOTHER & CHILDJARPre-Columbian, Central Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel depicting a mother carrying her child on her back. The mother's elaborate hair and...
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ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO KANTHAROS / WINE VESSELClassicalWorld, Italy, Etruscan culture, ca. 768 to 264 BCE. A lovely ceramic kantharos, a deep vessel meant for consuming wine, displaying a carinated body with a rounded bottom and...
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HOWARD KOTTLER CERAMIC "GOLD ANGEL POT"(1980S)Howard William Kottler (American, 1930-1989). "Gold Angel Pot" earthenware and metal leafs, ca. 1980s. A wonderful example of Howard Kottler's whimsical creativity,...
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ZAPOTEC MONTE ALBAN IV POTTERY DOUBLEINCENSARIOPre-Columbian, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban IV, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A mold-made ceramic double incensario, in the form of a seated lord, with two...
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CHINESE SUI / TANG DYNASTY STRAW GLAZEDFEMALE - TL'DEast Asia, China, late Sui Dynasty to early Tang Dynasty, ca. late 6th to early 7th century CE. A charming ceramic figure of a standing woman with a pale yellow-green,...
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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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RARE ECUDORAN LA TOLITA BONE FIGURALCARVING**Originally Listed At $800**
Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, La Tolita (sometimes Tumaco), ca. 350 BCE to 350 CE. A rare example of a stylized anthropomorphic figure carved...
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SALINAR POTTERY STIRRUP VESSEL W/ ZOOMORPHS,TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $1200**
Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Salinar culture, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A striking ceramic stirrup vessel with a round body with...
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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN POTTERY JAR - HEAD OFBES**Originally Listed At $1000**
Egypt, probably Alexandria, Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 30 BCE to 2nd century CE. A fine brownware pottery molded juglet depicting the head...
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VERACRUZ HUASTEC POTTERY STANDING FEMALESHAMANPre-Columbian, central Mexico, northern Veracruz, Huastec culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A fantastic standing ceramic figure of a woman boasting applied decorative ornaments...
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UNUSUAL VERACRUZ POTTERY STANDING FIGUREWHISTLEPre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, also known as Totonac (Totonaca), Remojadas, ca. 300 to 600 CE. A fascinating figure of a woman, probably a shaman but possibly...
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CHAVIN POTTERY INCISED JAGUAR VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Santana-Santa River, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A delightful ceramic vessel in the form of a stylized jaguar presenting a portly...
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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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GREEK RED FIGURE TREFOIL OINOCHOE, WOMANAT ALTARMagna Graecia, South Italic, most likely Campania, ca. early 4th century BCE. Simply divine in form and decoration; a marvelous pottery oinochoe displaying a bulbous...
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JAMACOAQUE POLYCHROME MYTHICAL BEASTVESSEL, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque culture, ca. 500 CE. A large ceramic vessel in the form of a transformational beast - probably representing a shaman in...
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GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMMED KYLIXW/ EPHEBESAncient Greece, Athens, ca. 500 to 480 BCE. A beautiful pottery kylix, expertly hand-painted with images of ephebes or Greek youths in red-figure technique. Boasting...
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ZACATECAS POTTERY SEATED NUDE FEMALEFIGURAL VESSELPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco region, Zacatecas culture, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A splendid pottery vessel in the form of a nude female...
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CHINESE MING DYNASTY SANCAI GLAZED SOLDIERFIGURES (PR)...East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A pair of mold-made and glazed ceramic soldier figures dressed in heavy armor, standing guard upon an integral...
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DYNAMIC GREEK CANOSAN MASKED ACTOR &MAIDENAncient Greece, Magna Graecia, Apulia, Canosan Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE. A fascinating and rare ceramic figure, dynamically posed, featuring a masked...
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GREEK TANAGRA TERRACOTTA STANDING WOMANW/ TL TESTCentral Greece, Boeotia, ca. 3rd century BCE. A wonderful example of a Greek Tanagra terracotta figure, her form elegantly wrapped in a thin himation and standing...
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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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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY CAMEL (TOMB FIGURE)**OriginallyListed At $3500**
East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A charming, hollow, mold-made ceramic camel, standing proud with a long curved neck and a pair of pointed...
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Ancient Chinese style ceramic figurein warrior stance with protruding horn; overall good condition, age wear, surface wear, surface soiling, flaws, losses; L 10 1/2" W 3 1/2" H 14 1/2" (Approx.)...
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Chinese Han Dynasty ceramic stick figure;includes acrylic base; missing arms, some chips, scratches and other losses consistent with age; H 21 1/2" x W 3" x L 3 1/2"Provenance: acquired by present owner from Marc...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY CERAMIC CAMEL TOMBFIGURE Ancient Chinese, Tang Dynasty (618-906 C.E.), ceramic pottery tomb sculpture depicting a camel figure wearing a saddle with bags in the form of animal head masks, the...
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CHINESE HORSE FIGURE TABLE LAMP A plasterreproduction of ancient Chinese ceramic horse figure with a mounted lamp. The figure is in overall good condition with a small flake to its paint on the base, the top finial...
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