A PRE-COLUMBIAN NAYARIT RED CLAY SEATEDFIGURE A Pre-Columbian Nayarit red clay seated figure with a slip painted striped shirt and legs in front, 4"h x 3". Provenance: David Cole was an influential dealer of California...
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Arequipa Pre Columbian Red Slip PotteryBottle the shoulder black outlined scrolling motif height 5.75 in — 14.6 cm...
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A PRE-COLUMBIAN CERAMIC VESSEL DEPICTINGA BUFFO TOAD A Pre-Columbian ceramic vessel depicting a Buffo toad, life-sized, red and yellow-cream, with a stirrup-shaped spout atop, Moche culture, Peru, circa AD1000,...
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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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SALINAR-MOCHE REDWARE PORTRAIT VESSEL**OriginallyListed At $1200**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Salinar culture, Salinar-Moche Transition period, ca. 500 BCE to 200 CE. A finely constructed pottery vessel displaying...
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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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LARGE MOGOLLON / ANASAZI BLACK-ON-WHITEPOTTERY BOWLNative American, Southwestern United States, Mogollon / Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), ca. 1175 to 1300 CE. This is a stunning bichrome pottery bowl of a large...
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LARGE COLIMA REDWARE JAR - FASCINATINGFORM!Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A remarkable hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel with a round but stable base, a wide hip, a dramatic...
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CASAS GRANDES POLYCHROME OLLA W/ LINEARMOTIFSPre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Northwest Chihuahua, Casas Grandes, Babicora, ca. 1250 to 1475 CE. A lovely terracotta polychrome vessel, of the Babicora stylistic variety,...
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LOT OF 2 COCLE BI-CHROME POTTERY BOWLS**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A fine gathering of two hand-built pottery bowls, each with highly-burnished surfaces...
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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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INCA POTTERY FIGURAL ARYBALLOS W/ LLAMA**OriginallyListed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery aryballos with a stylized anthropomorphic head...
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ENORMOUS 20TH C. SHIPIBO POLYCHROMEPORTRAIT JARSouth American, Upper / Western Amazon Basin, Ucayali River, Peru, Shipibo people, ca. mid-20th century CE. Wow! A marvelous pottery portrait jar of a tremendous...
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RARE / INCREDIBLE HUARI POTTERY FUNERARYMASK TL TESTED...Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. This is an amazing pottery mask that is slightly larger than life-sized of a stylized...
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IMPRESSIVE MOCHE POTTERY BOUND PRISONERVESSELPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III to IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A dramatic pottery vessel of a bound prisoner shown nude. Limbs spread and tied with ropes to a...
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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 EGYPTIAN NAQADA II BLACKTOP POTTERYBOWL - INTACT!...Ancient Egypt, Predynastic Period, early Naqada II, ca. 3500 to 3400 BCE. A beautiful coil-formed redware pottery bowl exhibiting a nearly conical body with...
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17TH C. ZUNI FIRST PUEBLO REVOLT POLYCHROMEJARNative American, southwestern United States, New Mexico, Zuni, First Pueblo Revolt, ca. late 17th to 18th century CE. Wow! A remarkably rare example of pottery from the...
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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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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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REMARKABLE OLMEC POTTERY WAILING BABYFIGUREPre-Columbian, Mexico, Olmec culture, ca. 10th to 6th century BCE. A dramatic terracotta figure of a seated human baby, posed with legs akimbo and both hands resting...
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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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RARE & LARGE JALISCO BICHROME NUDE SEATEDFEMALE FIGURE...Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A splendid pottery female figure shown seated with legs stretched before her and slender arms bent...
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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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ELEGANT / TALL ROMAN TERRA SIGILLATAAMPHORARoman, Imperial Period, ca. late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE. An elegant terra sigillata amphora presenting a bulbous body and sloped shoulder that dramatically...
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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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MICHOACAN POTTERY SPOON, CANINES ANDSERPENT**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, Protoclassic Period, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A fascinating pottery spoon rich with pre-Columbian zoomorphic...
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COLIMA REDWARE VESSEL (FOR HALLUCINOGENICENEMA RITES)Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of an unusual form on a pedestal foot, all slipped in a rich red hue. The...
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TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN JALISCO CERAMIC FIGURESTwoPre-Columbian Jalisco ceramic figures, Circa 100 BCE-250 CE Each earthenware painted with red and cream slips, comprising a kneeling female figure with one outstretched...
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THREE PRE-COLUMBIAN EFFIGY FIGURESThreePre-Columbian Effigy Figures , before 1500 A.D., Mesoamerica, incl. kneeling pottery figure with red slip; carved pumice figure with bared teeth; and molded pottery zoomorphic...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN NICOYA EARTHENWARE FOOTEDBOWL Costa Rica, 1000-1500 A.D.; with four figural loop legs modeled as monkeys' heads and arms; brown earthenware covered with red ochre slip, details added with tan slip,...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE PAINTED TERRACOTTASTIRRUP JUG Northern Coast of Peru, 100-700 A.D.: modeled as a gourd; earthenware with tan slip painted on an ochre red slip ground, 7 3/8 in. H....
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PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUTEDJUG Northern Coast of Peru, 100-700 A.D.: decorated with a five-pointed star and highly stylized bird forms, repeated on either side; earthenware with ochre slip painted on...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUTEDJUG Northern Coast of Peru, 100-700 A.D. with design of lima beans in red slip on tan slip ground; 11 1/2 in. H....
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PRE-COLUMBIAN CHAVIN PAINTED TERRACOTTABOTTLE Coast of Peru, 900-200 B.C.E.: with tall neck and two small tie-downs, decorated with a series of vertically aligned crocodiles; earthenware with ochre-red slip painted...
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MARIA MARTINEZ (1887-1980) & JULIANMARTINEZ (1885-1943)Two San Ildefonso Pueblo blackware pottery vessels, Two works: Maria Montoya Martinez (1887-1980) and Julian Martinez (1885-1943, San Ildefonso Pueblo)...
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