PRE COLUMBIAN, WARI / HUARI EFFIGY VESSELPreColumbian, Wari / Huari Culture (ca 500 - 1000 AD) Polychrome Anthropomorphic Vessel. Measures 5-1/2" H x 4-1/4" W x 5" D. Condition: Small chip to the rim from age otherwise...
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PRE COLUMBIAN, WARI / HUARI EFFIGY VESSELPreColumbian, Wari / Huari Culture (ca 500 - 1000 AD) Polychrome Anthropomorphic Vessel. Measures 5-1/2" H x 4-1/4" W x 5" D. Condition: Small chip to the rim from age otherwise...
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3 PERUVIAN CHIMU BLACKWARE POTTERY ITEMS1stitem: Peruvian Pre-Columbian Chimu figural blackware pottery spout vessel featuring the head of an animal with anthropomorphic hands, front, and legs and tail, back, and incised...
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COLIMA POTTERY PORTRAIT VESSEL W/ HELMETPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel in the shape of a portrait head. The vessel exhibits a slightly convex but stable...
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PUBLISHED MESOPOTAMIAN GLAZED HEAD -GYPSUM & BITUMENAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Kassite period, ca. 14th to 13th century BCE. Staring past the confine of time, a head depicting a haunting guise carved in...
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FINE VIRU REDWARE STIRRUP VESSEL W/OWLPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Viru culture, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A fine example of a hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel of a spherical form resting atop...
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2 COLIMA & NAYARIT POTTERY CARGADOR& EFFIGY FIGURESPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan Del Rio style, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE; Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This is an interesting...
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20TH C. CENTRAL AFRICAN KUBA WOOD PORTRAITCUPCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fascinating carved-wood cup in the form of a human head. Sitting upon...
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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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TIAHUANACO POLYCHROME BRIDGE SPOUTEDVESSELPre-Columbian, Bolivia, Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A beautiful double-spouted vessel featuring a dramatic motif of stylized faces. The vessel...
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NAZCA POLYCHROME VESSEL W/ DANCING FIGURESPre-Columbian,South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a round-bottomed form with a narrow neck opening and a globular body that is painted with anthropomorphic...
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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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COLIMA REDWARE SEATED FIGURAL VESSEL**OriginallyListed At $700**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An intriguing redware pottery vessel of an unusual form with anthropomorphic features protruding...
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7 COLIMA, AZTEC, JALISCO & TLATILCOPOTTERY FIGURES**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE; Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco...
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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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ZAPOTEC POTTERY INCENSARIO OF CAMAZOTZ- THE BAT GODPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, Phase III, ca. 500 to 700 CE. An intriguing, hand-built pottery incensario vessel in the form of...
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NAYARIT REDWARE ANTHROPOMORPHIC OLLA,EX-JOHN HUSTONPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautiful redware olla vessel with a ribbed, round form that also acts as the body of an anthropomorphic...
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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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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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RECUAY FIGURAL DOUBLE-CHAMBER WHISTLEVESSELPre-Columbian, Peru, Northern Highlands, Recuay culture, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A fascinating pottery whistle vessel comprised of 2 cuboid chambers with an anthropomorphic...
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NAZCA POLYCHROME VESSEL MYTHICAL BEINGS& TROPHY HEADSPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 700 CE. An exemplary hand-built pottery vessel intricately painted with mythical beings and trophy heads....
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $4000**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery...
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PUBLISHED CHAVIN STIRRUP VESSEL EAGLE& JAGUAR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin culture, Jequetepeque-Templadera type, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. One of the more striking examples of ancient...
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CHINESE HAN LIFAN POTTERY AMPHORA W/BRONZE, TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A large pottery vase, the surface burnished to a fine grey hue and...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $4000**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery...
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MOCHE BLACKWARE VESSEL - AI APEC & MONSTER,TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $1000**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A fascinating black stirrup vessel depicting the mythical episode...
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CHAVIN STONE JAGUAR MORTAR FOR CEREMONIALHALLUCINOGENS...**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin / Cupisnique, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A fantastical stone metate or mortar stone, carved...
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ZAPOTEC POTTERY SEATED GOD COCIJO VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban III, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A magnificent ceramic vessel in the form of a seated god, Cocijo or Cociyo, the...
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JALISCO ANTHROPOMORPHIC VESSEL HUMANFACE**Originally Listed At $400**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fascinating pottery vessel boasting anthropomorphic features and elaborately...
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CHIMU POTTERY FIGURAL VESSELS W/ ZOOMORPHICMOTIFSPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fantastic pair of Chimu artifacts: a grayware jar in the form of a figure bound by a coiled snake...
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CHIMU INCA BRIDGE SPOUT VESSEL - CRABFIGHTING JAGUARPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu/Inca culture, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. An exciting blackware stirrup vessel boasting 2 relief scenes each of an encounter...
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SINU FOOTED VESSEL HUMAN HEAD FORM,EX-SCHMITTPre-Columbian, Ecuador or Colombia, Sinu (Zenu) culture, 800 to 1200 CE. An intriguing pottery vessel on the form of a human head – the narrow eyes suggest a calm...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITTPre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery bowl exquisitely carved with...
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AKAN ANTHROPOMORPHIC POTTERY VESSEL,GHANA OR IVORY COAST GHANA OR IVORY COAST, tall shaped spout above a flattened bulbous ringed lower section decorated as a two-sided face with incised scarification, h: 10.75...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN COLIMA REDWARE TRIPODVESSEL Ancient pre-Columbian, Colima, Mexican, circa 100 BCE to 250 CE, ceramic pottery redware tripod vase with three standing anthropomorphic figures wearing headdresses...
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A CERAMIC VESSELA ceramic vessel, Circa1000-1400 CE; Colombia/Ecuador Likely Capuli or Quimbaya, The anthropomorphic ceramic vessel on circular foot with two pot-shaped spouts and a human face modeled on a central...
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