Colima Redware Olla w/ Cactus Paddles

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 150 BCE to 250 CE. An attractive pottery olla featuring a traditional squash form with a broad body comprised of 8 protruding phytomorphic knobs likely intended

Pre-Columbian Colima Redware Maguey Cactus Paddle Olla. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, June 2, 1999, Lot 360. Size: 8.5'' x 11.5'' x 11.5'' (22 x 29 x 29 cm).

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A huge, hand-built pottery olla with a wide, rounded base, curving walls, smooth shoulders, a deep interior cavity, and

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A burnished redware vessel of an intriguing top-like shape, the upper body modeled with wide horizontal fluting

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel of a vermillion hue in the form of a wide, voluminous squash with a body that is stylisticall

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A redware pottery saucer olla with a carinated body and a flared rim. The highly burnished surfaces are covered in russe

Pre-Columbian, West Coast Mexico, Colima region, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Large/attractive vessel has bulbous base with flared spout covered in deep red slip, outer shoulder decorated in two registers o

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An exquisite redware seated warrior figure with shamanic status indicated by his horned helmet. He sits in a dynamic pose, with bent legs, br

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An adorable pottery vessel of a coatimundi eating an ear of corn - emblematic of the animal's association with agricultural fertility. Envelo

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A burnished redware vessel of an intriguing gourd-like shape, the lower body modeled with vertical ribs - perhaps representing the contours o

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Post-Classic period, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A lovely handmade pottery jug enveloped in a vibrant hue of burnt sienna. Supported by a con

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An intriguing hand-built redware ocarina with the depiction of a solemn shaman figure. A highl

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A delightful sculptural vessel in traditional dog form but with 2 heads and 2 tails, their faces caught in a playful expression as they share

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hollow, hand-built redware pottery vessel of a bulbous form depicting a charming canine covered in vibrant red and red

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An endearing pottery vessel in the form of a portly canine standing atop 4 short legs as though attentively waiting to be tossed a treat. Env

**Originally Listed At $800** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An adorable and highly-burnished ceramic dog vessel, finely-molded in lustrous redware and standing proudly on

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished redware pottery bowl with large, coiling snakes decorating the exterior walls. Each se

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel enveloped in a umber-red slip, with rounded nodules protruding slightly from the surface. Th

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An enormous hand-built terracotta redware olla, saucer-shaped in composition, with a slight rounded base and gradually-widening walls. Rolled

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built redware pottery bowl with a round but stable base as well as the limbs and he

**Originally Listed At $450** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery jar with a thick, concave foot protruding from the bottom. Lining the

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built redware pottery vessel with a flat base, bulbous body, rounded walls with incised linear, dot-shaped,

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautiful Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash or melon-shaped body supported by three avian legs, each bird positioned upwa

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautiful Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash or melon-shaped body supported by three avian legs, each bird positioned upwa