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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SICAN LAMBAYEQUE CEREMONIAL COPPER DISK**OriginallyListed At $800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A wonderful 99.5% copper ceremonial disk adorned with an openwork oracle...
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CHANCAY / HUARI WOOD MUMMY MASK, EX-ARTEPRIMITIVO**Originally Listed At $1400**
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay / Wari (Huari) Transition period, ca. 1000 CE. A fabulous anthropomorphic mummy mask carved...
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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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20TH C. NORTHWEST COAST WALRUS IVORYTOTEM POLENative American, North America, Pacific Northwest Coast, probably Alaska, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved walrus ivory totem pole of a slender form presented...
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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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EARLY 20TH C. NORTHWEST COAST BONE TOTEMPOLENative American, North America, Pacific Northwest Coast, probably Alaskan Inuit, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved whale or walrus bone totem pole of a charming...
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CHANCAY PAINTED WOOD FIGURE TEXTILECLOTHINGPre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1425 CE. An anthropomorphic wooden figure with painted details and a hand-woven textile headdress and cape...
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LURISTAN BRONZE MASTER OF ANIMALS STANDARDFINIALAncient Near East, northwestern Iran and Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. An intriguing cast-bronze standard finial in the form known as the "master of animals."...
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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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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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FINE TEOTIHUACAN SERPENTINE STONE FIGURE**OriginallyListed At $1500**
Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 100 to 600 CE. A fine hand-carved and string cut stone figure, either male or non-gender specific, presenting...
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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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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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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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SICAN-LAMBAYEQUE WOOD THRONE FOR ANEMPERORPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican-Lambayeque, ca. 750 to 1375 CE. A hand-carved wooden throne from the Sican-Lambayeque Empire which was known for creating the...
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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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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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PRE-COLUMBIAN CONDORHUASI-ALAMITO STONESHAMAN MASK**First Time At Auction**
Northwest Argentina, Early Period, Condorhuasi-Alamito culture, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. A haunting, life-size, anthropomorphic mask, hand-sculpted...
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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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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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RARE MAYA OBSIDIAN ANTHROPOMORPHIC FIGURES(PR)**Originally Listed At $1500**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, probably Central Lowlands, Maya, Classic to Late Classic Period, ca. 300 to 900 CE. An incredibly...
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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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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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MINIATURE CUPISNIQUE / CHAVIN JASPERJAGUAR EFFIGY JAR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Northern Coast of Peru, Cupisnique / Chavin culture, ca. 1250 to 500 BCE. A superb hand-carved red-jasper jar in...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN CHANCAY FIGURAL AMPHORAC. 1000-1450 A.D.Peruvian. The large ovoid body with anthropomorphic figure and loop handles. Black and cream slip glaze decoration. Chips to the rim and holes in the body....
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THREE PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY FIGURESThreePre-Columbian Pottery Figures , incl. female figural rattle, Maya; black clay figure; and anthropomorphic vase, tallest h. 5 1/8 in Provenance: Collection of Brooke and Maria...
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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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PRE COLUMBIAN CHANCAY ANTHROPOMORPHICOCARINACeramic animal head with human limbs ceramic figure, possibly an ocarina. Style Pre-columbian, Mayan, Central American. Object measures 3 1/4" x 4" x 3 1/4". PROVENANCE:...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN EARTHENWARE CARGADOR FIGUREPre-Columbian, likely Colima, Mexican, (300 BCE - 300 CE) earthenware pottery statue sculpture depicting a seated cargador [carrier] anthropomorphic figure with a hunched...
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A FINE TAINO DOUBLE ENDED FERTILITYFID USED TOmake young women accessible after first menstrual cycle. A skeletal anthropomorph transitioning into a lizard-like creature rests on top. Excessively long arm and...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN MANNER POLYCHROME CERAMICSTATUE Pre-Columbian manner, possibly Nicaraguan, polychrome ceramic pottery anthropomorphic sculpture with geometric decoration. 9" H x 7" W x 4" D....
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