Adorable Nazca Bi-Chrome Bird Vessel

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 100 BCE to 800 CE. A well-preserved, hand-made, and stone burnished bird vessel with a brief spout gently rising from its back. The bird is beautifully painted

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. An adorable bichrome terracotta vessel with three looped feet, each with an abstract amphibian body, supporting the larger superstructure above. The main

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 550 CE. A splendid hand-built pottery stirrup vessel with a bichrome finish in hues of umber and cream that displays a fascinating avian ic

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche IV, ca. 100 CE to 500 CE. Bichrome terracotta stirrup vessel depicting a sitting drummer, most likely a shaman, wearing a bird head mask with tear rolling down his cheeks, h

Pre-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 headdress form the spout of the

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche, Phase V, ca. 650 to 850 CE. A delightful pottery of stirrup vessel in the form of a seated figure, likely a lord or shaman, dressed elaborately with a plumed headd

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, border of Ecuador and Colombia, Narino, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. An adorable hand built earthenware vessel with the upper section assuming the form of a frog or

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A bichrome vessel, representing a parrot, a bird highly revered by the ancients of the Americas, particularly f

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Late Moche V, ca. 600 to 700 CE. A lovely mold-made terracotta vessel decorated with a beautiful fine line bi-chrome painted program depicting seven bird heads extendi

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 900 to 1250 CE. A very large bi-chrome earthenware egg-shape bodied effigy vessel with a single strap handle on the back of the neck, the figure's head

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 900 to 1250 CE. A very large bi-chrome earthenware egg-shape bodied effigy vessel with a single strap handle on the back of the neck, the figure's head

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 600 CE. A most unusual bi-chrome terracotta vessel that clearly demonstrates the potter's love of geometry. The squat, rounded body is adorned by four

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III to Phase IV, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A classic bi-chrome stirrup vessel decorated with a rolling two-tiered tidal wave. The vessel's playful design is deli

Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Chupícuaro culture, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. In the shape of a stylized bird with the upturned, opened beak serving as the spout. Small wings and a tail have been added with

**Originally Listed At $1500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche 4, classic period, ca. 400 to 500 CE. Perfect for any fan of the macabre - a bichrome pottery effigy stirrup vessel representing t

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche II, ca. 300 to 400 CE. Very attractive pottery stirrup vessel - jar used to store water and chicha with the spout shaped so it can be attached to one's belt. Vessel

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A delightful bi-chrome stirrup vessel in the form of an iguana. The stirrup rises from the lizard's back, capped by a short, perfectly formed

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera culture, ca. 1000 to 500 BCE. An amusing bi-chrome canteen vessel in cream and brick-red. The vessel has two small lug handles with a spout in the form of an erect and

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, Phase III, ca. 350 to 550 CE. An impressive mold-made bi-chrome terracotta vessel in the form of an owl warrior holding a mace and a shield, presentin

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. Simple yet elegant in style and boasting sublime technique, a beautiful bi-chrome redware vessel depicting hunchback fig

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche II, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. An amusing bi-chrome stirrup vessel presenting a portrait head with wide open, inset almond-shaped eyes, a protruding, curved nose, a wel

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro culture, ca. 300 BCE. Bi-chrome painted vessel with beautifully intricate textile-inspired geometric patterns. Two small handles at rim. 7"W x 4"H. Provenance:

**Originally Listed At $700** Greece, colonies in Asia Minor, Ionia, ca. 6th century BCE. A striking, wheel-thrown bi-chrome terracotta vessel, its form comprised of a deep bowl with twin horizontal l

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1300 CE. A lovely bi-chrome pottery vessel decorated with geometric patterns painted on the exterior. The form consists of a globe-s