- CHINESE NEOLITHIC POTTERY JAR GEOMETRIC
MOTIFEast Asia, China, Neolithic Period, Majiayao culture, ca. 3300 to 2000 BCE A stunning pottery vessel of sizable form decorated with a complex brown and russet painted...
[more like this] - CHAVIN CUPISNIQUE POTTERY SACRIFICIAL
LEG VESSEL**Originally Listed At $1600**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Quebrada Cupisnique, ca. 1200 BCE. A fascinating mold-made terracotta stirrup vessel with...
[more like this] - CLASSIC CHAVIN BROWNWARE STIRRUP VESSEL
- HOUSE**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Casa Grande, earliest type of stirrup vessel called "Classic Chavin", ca. 1200 BCE. A very fine example...
[more like this] - CHINESE NEOLITHIC XIAJIADIAN POTTERY
TRIPOD VESSELEast Asia, Northeast China, Middle Neolithic, Xiajiadian culture, ca. 5000 to 3000 BCE. A fascinating pottery vessel with 3 pointed legs, a squat body, and a...
[more like this] - 9 MINIATURE HITTITE, LURISTAN, & ROMAN
BRONZE FIGURINES...Ancient Near East, The Levant, Hittite culture, ca. first half of the 2nd millennium BCE; northwestern Iran and northeastern Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000...
[more like this] - JAMACOAQUE POTTERY VESSEL - TRANSFORMED
JAGUAR SHAMANPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque), ca. 100 to 500 CE. An extremely expressive pottery vessel in the form of a snarling jaguar with almond-shaped...
[more like this] - AMLASH TERRACOTTA BEAKED VESSEL - AVIAN
FORMAncient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A burnished pottery vessel with a spherical body and a long, beak-like spout extending from the center,...
[more like this] - CHUPICUARO BROWNWARE VESSELS - TRIPOD
& JARPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A handsome pair of blackware vessels from Chupicuaro culture: a tripod rattle vessel and a jar. First,...
[more like this] - ANCIENT ANATOLIAN YORTAN POTTERY VESSELS
(PR)Ancient Asia Minor, Western Anatolia, Troy, Yortan culture, ca. 2700 to 2300 BCE. An ensemble of 2 hand-built ceramic jars with round but stable bases and globular bodies....
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN EARLY DYNASTIC STONE BOWL -
BEAUTIFUL COLORS!Ancient Egypt, Early Dynastic Period, 1st to 2nd Dynasty, ca. 3100 to 2686 BCE. A beautiful bowl, skillfully hand-carved from stone to display a round yet...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED MAYA POTTERY RITUAL CACHE
VESSEL 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...
[more like this] - HELLENISTIC GREEK ALABASTER LIDDED PYXIS,
EX SOTHEBY'SAncient Near East, Mesopotamia to Eastern Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 5th to 3rd century BCE. This is a beautiful and elegant pyxis vessel hand carved from...
[more like this] - 17TH C. ZUNI FIRST PUEBLO REVOLT POLYCHROME
JARNative 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...
[more like this] - NATIVE AMERICAN MOGOLLON CORRUGATED
POTTERY JARNative American, North America, Southwestern New Mexico, Southeast Arizona, and Northern Chihuahua region of Mexico, Mogollon culture, ca. 1000 to 1150 CE. A slender,...
[more like this] - JAMACOAQUE POLYCHROME MYTHICAL BEAST
VESSEL, 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...
[more like this] - 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,...
[more like this] - CASA GRANDES RAMOS POLYCHROME OLLA W/
LINEAR MOTIFSPre-Columbian, Northern Mexico and Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Casas Grandes, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. A lovely polychrome pottery olla vessel with a...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - TALL ANCIENT JAPANESE JOMON POTTERY
VESSEL, 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...
[more like this] - PRE-COLUMBIAN CHIMU GOLD RITUAL KERO
(DRINKING VESSEL)Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chimu, Late Intermediate Period, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. An elegant ritual kero (drinking cup) formed from a single sheet...
[more like this] - STUNNING SICAN SILVER & TURQUOISE LORD
AQUILLA VESSEL**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque or Chimu culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A silver drinking vessel with portrait-like...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - CANAANITE BICHROME ALABASTRON W/ NETTED
MOTIF**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Near East, Holyland, Canaanite, Early Bronze Age, ca. 3500 to 3000 BCE. A delightful pottery alabastron featuring an ovoid shaped body...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - COLIMA POLYCHROME FIGURE, NUDE DWARF
CARGADOR**Originally Listed At $900**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel depicting a male dwarf cargador - a carrier...
[more like this] - THAI BAN CHIANG PEDESTAL VESSEL W/ HUMAN
FIGURES**Originally Listed At $1200**
Southeast Asia, Northeastern Thailand, Ban Chiang culture, ca. 300 BCE to 200 CE. A superb hand-built earthenware vessel resting on...
[more like this] - CHIMU EFFIGY VESSEL + MOCHE LIZARD EFFIGY
VESSEL**Originally Listed At $400**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche V, ca. 600 to 800 CE; Central Coast of Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A wonderful blackware...
[more like this] - TWO BAN CHIANG POTTERY JARS, RED ON
BUFF & BLACKWAREAncient Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ban Chiang culture, ca. 1st millennium BCE. An impressive pair of pottery vessels from ancient Ban Chiang culture: a globular...
[more like this] - CHIMU POTTERY FIGURAL VESSELS W/ ZOOMORPHIC
MOTIFSPre-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...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY VESSELS, JALISCO
COLIMA NAYARITPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, Colima, & Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A collection of 4 hand-built pottery bowls and jars made by ancient west Mexican...
[more like this] - CHAVIN MARANON VESSEL, HUMAN IN TRANSFORMATIONPre-Columbian,
Peru, Chavin Maranon, ca. 800 BCE. A fabulous pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a shaman in the act of intensely spiritual act of transformation into an animal with an...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP PORTRAIT VESSEL
OF A LORDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A superb and expertly decorated pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a portrait head of a lord...
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