Chorrera Prisoner Whistling Vessel, Ex-Hollywood

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fantastic and large ceramic vessel in the form of a seated cacique (leader) elder, his eyes closed as if he is in a serene, trance-like sta

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A large and highly-burnished redware ceramic vessel with a round but stable base, wide walls, a rolling shoulder, and a flared rim. The shoul

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An endearing, voluminous, and highly-burnished redware effigy vessel, the form comprised of conjoined ducks, each with plump bodies, coffe

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, 400 CE. Large orangeware pottery vessel depicting a yam root having five large tubers from the lower portion of the plant like cylindrical bowl. Size: 13" W x 5

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera culture, ca. 800 to 400 BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel, the surfaces covered in brown pigment, while the shoulder is surmounted by a petite mous

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera culture, ca. 500 BCE. A red-brown terracotta rectangular double lobed vessel with a bridge handle between the lobes. A diminutive bird perches on the top front lobe, p

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera culture, ca. 9th to 4th century BCE. An early and creative double-lobed whistling vessel. Each lobe is the body of a monkey. One sits facing forward, one hand to its m

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera, ca. 1000 to 500 BCE. An impressive redware whistling stirrup vessel depicting a coatimundi, nicely delineated with round eyes, a pointy snout, small cup-shaped ears,

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera, ca. 1000 to 800 BCE. An adorable red on buff terracotta whistling vessel from a culture that existed at the same time - and probably traded with - the more famous Cha

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima region, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Among the most sensitive examples of Colima figures we have ever seen, a Comala type vessel in the form of a peacefully sleeping indiv

Teothihuacan offertory vessel, ex Parke-Bernet, Possibly 100 BCE-200 CE, Mexico, carved stone, in the form of a seated old man supporting a circular vessel on his shoulders, 15"h Provenance: A Private

Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. late 2nd to 1st century BCE. A stunning bowl of a substantial size in the form of a mastos or mastoid, a drinking vessel shaped like a breast, shaped from near-pure (99

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This brilliant vermillion pottery vessel is in the form of a wide, voluminous squash with a body that is stylistically segmented with smooth, fine ve

Greece, ca. early 5th century BC. Lovely black figure Oinochoe with a central figure of a running Maenad holding thrysos, flanked by two partially-clad male figures. Ex: Rhode Island collection, most

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Egypt, Early Dynastic Period, 1st to 2nd Dynasty, ca. 3150 to 2686 BCE. A gorgeous vase of a slender form that is hand-carved from alabaster - a cylindrical form with

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Lambayeque, ca. 800 - 1000 CE. One of the finer bridge-spouted vessels from this region we have seen! Whistling vessel in two square lobes connected by a bridge spout. Ea

Pre-Columbian, Nazca culture, Peru South Coast, ca. 100 to 400 CE. This is a gorgeous piece that exemplifies many of the classic hallmarks of the Nazca people's distinctive pottery. This is a polychro

N.E. Thailand, c. 12th century. Very rare large Khmer brown and straw glazed stoneware vessel. This piece sold at Sotheby's, NYC Indian and S.E. Asian sale #6440, June 7, 1993 for $7400.00. Ex Sotheby

Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A rare example of a glazed ceramic vessel, mold-made, with a beautiful floral motif in high relief around its exterior body. The vessel form is simil

China, Neolithic Period ca. 2700-2400 BC. Unusual bud-form vessel with small loop handle. Surface finely decorated in polychrome net motif. Ex: E & J Frankel, NYC.1991. Ex Christies,NYC, Nov. 27, 1991

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A charming pottery vessel in the form of a swallow mid-flight with wings widely spread and head lifted at a

**Originally Listed At $1200** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Huari, Lima-Niviera, ca. 1000 CE. A wonderful polychrome, double-lobed whistling stirrup spouted vessel. The front lobe depicts a male

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A little bit terrifying - and also a little bit comical - example of one of the classic forms of pre-Columbian pottery - the Moche

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A polychrome earthenware gable roofed maquette of a house that presents an open facade so that we can see its charming inhabitants - two cou