Proto-Maya Pottery Nude Female Figure - TL Tested

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. An intriguing, hand-built pottery figure known as a mother goddess shown in a seated position with thick legs stretched out

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A lovely, hand-built pottery fertility idol exhibiting highly stylized feminine features. Presenting with slightly bent legs

East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A lovely pair of pottery female attendants, both elegantly dressed in floor-length robes, elaborate updos, and liberal remains of white, black, and o

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 200 BCE. An exemplary hand-built pottery sculpture of a standing female presenting bulbous legs, wide hips, and a narrow torso as she extends her

Originally listed at $1,000... Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syrian culture, ca. mid-3rd millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery idol of characteristically abstract form depicting a female goddess s

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec to proto Maya period, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. Hand-modeled from heavy clay, this is a lifelike depiction of a seated woman,

Ancient Greece, Boeotia, ca. early 6th to 5th century BCE. A finely preserved, hand-built pottery female figure of a characteristically abstract presentation with a flared base and a slender body. The

Native American, Southern United States, Mississippian culture, ca. 1140 to 1420 CE. A fine example of Mississippian sculpture, this figurine's fine workmanship and detail are evident in its exception

Han Dynasty female pottery figure, TL tested, Han Dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE), unglazed earthenware, modeled as a woman wearing a cowl-like hood and flared robes, 19.5"h x 14"w x 9"d Provenance: The Coll

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syrian culture, ca. mid-3rd millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery idol of characteristically abstract form depicting a female goddess standing atop fused columnar leg

Pre-Columbian, El Salvador and Honduras, Maya Territories, Proto-Maya, Pre-Classic period, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A lovely pottery figure of a female depicted standing atop bulbous legs with tapered f

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A charming trio of female or Venus figures, all skillfully hand-built from pottery to present stylized forms. First, the most petite fi

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A remarkable, hand-built pottery figure known as a mother goddess shown in a seated position with

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, Formative Period, ca. 2000 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built pottery idol fragment of intriguing feminine form with a slender waistline, sizable breasts, and a taper

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya Territories, Maya, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 850 CE. A remarkable redware figure of a standing female adorned in red and black pigments. Capped

Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, Guatemala, Escuintla, Tiquisate region, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A splendid pottery figure of an impressive scale depicting a seated woman elaborately adorned with a sizable

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh period, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A fabulous, hand-built pottery figure, likely a fertility goddess, depicted standing with a voluptuous, hourglass-shaped body

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, late Olmec to Proto-Maya culture, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery figure decorated with red pigment. Standing atop delineated legs, the figure

Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya Territories, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A delightful ceramic figure of a kneeling woman with an exaggeratedly large head dis

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Assyrian Empire, ca. 2025 to 1378 BCE. An impressive, mold-made pottery relief of a standing male genius or apkallu - an ancient sage of Mesopotamian mythology - st

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An evocative pottery figure of a seated shaman posed dramatically with a pugnacious expression; his right hand upraised in a clenched fist pe

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A standing, hollow-built, bichrome pottery cuchimilco or stargazer, characteristically female and detailed with

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque) culture, ca. 500 CE. A remarkable pottery figural whistle shown standing with bulbous legs and short arms that fall from square shoulders. The stylized

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Jordan, Neolithic / Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze Age, ca. 4000 BCE. This is a pottery head of an idol figure, hand built and shaped with an elongated and conical profil