Rare Bahia Pottery Prone Figure - Ex Arnovick

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Coastal Manabi Province, Bahia, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A very rare and endearing prone female figure from the coastal Manabi Province of ancient Ecuador. She lays on her belly with

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi, Bahia culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A set of 3 hand-built pottery figures standing atop delineated legs, each with arms held at their sides and bulbous headdresses. T

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Coastal Manabi Province, Bahia, ca. 100 to 500 CE. An elegant mold-made terracotta female figure from the coastal Manabi Province of ancient Ecuador. She stands with hands posi

Pre-Columbian, Western Venezuela, Trujillo, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A pair of anthropomorphic statuettes similar in style. The smaller one is a hollow earthenware rattle. The sex of both figures is uncle

Africa, Katsina, modern day Nigeria, ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE. This is an interesting example of a likely funerary marker made of terracotta showing two faces, one with a long goatee that calls to mind a

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine hand-built terracotta warrior figure standing atop delineated legs in a wide stance. Wearing a plaited skirt with several dangling orn

Greece, Tanagra, Boeotia, Geometric period, ca. 900 to 700 BCE. One of my favorites! A pottery figure in a style instantly recognizable as Greek, created from simple lines to give an abstract but imme

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, ca 500 BCE to 500 CE. One of two superb and rare pottery human head sculptures. About the size of a shrunken head with open mouth, almond eyes and deeply incised features and d

Pre-Columbian, Chancay culture, Peru, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. This is a large, hollow made pottery figure in the classic Chancay style, showing a standing woman with wide eyes, small nose and mouth, and

**First Time At Auction** Near East, Syro-Hittite, ca. 2800 to 1500 BCE. A remarkable pottery figure of the goddess Astarte, displaying a stylized form with a bird-like visage. Gazing forth from wide,

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fun example of a seated warrior handmade pottery figure with exciting pigment details all the way around the body of the sculpture. Its wi

Dakakari culture, Nigeria, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. This incredible, large, hollow pottery figure shows a four-legged, horned animal (maybe a hartebeest?) with ears erect and a collar of some kind

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Definitely a conversation starter: a hollow pottery figure that functions as a whistle and is dominated by an enormous phallus. The artist in

Bura Asinda-Sikka, southwest Niger, ca. 3rd to 13th centuries CE. This is a large, handsome, hollow rough earthenware pottery figure showing a human with decorated arms and chest as well as hair done

Bura Asinda-Sikka, southwest Niger, ca. 3rd to 13th centuries CE. This is a large, handsome, hollow rough earthenware pottery figure showing a human with decorated arms and chest as well as hair done

Pre Columbian Veracruz bedded captive figure c.550-950 AD. Size 10 inches x 7 inches. Rare Veracruz Pottery Figure of Captive male naked strapped to a bench. Ex. M. Jones collection Wales, UK Ex. Priv

Greek Empire, ca 4th to 3rd century BCE. Lovely pottery head from a Tanagra type female figure, perhaps Aphrodite. She has her hair pulled back in a tight bun, expressive facial features including sli

Large Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Seated Figure Holding Twins. Rare depiction of a warrior father holding bundled twin babies in his arms. Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphi

North Africa, central Sahara region, ca. 6000 BCE. This is an engraved piece of rock art that has been produced using flints to show the outline of a genderless shaman figure. The style of this piece

7 Pre-Columbian Ecuadorian pottery figures, ca. 500 CE. Pottery figures from Jamacoaque, La Tolita and Bahia. Ranging in size from 3-1/4" H.-7-5/8" H. Ex. Private Florida collection acquired prior to

Africa, Bura-Asinda-Sikka, Mali / Niger, ca. 3rd to 11th century CE. A rare carved stone head/marker from this little known culture. The entire marker is carved to resemble a human figure with charact

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Huari / Wari, ca. 600 to 700 CE. An anthropomorphic effigy spout bottle depicting a seated figure with finely delineated hands placed upon upraised knees and tiny feet

Africa, Niger River valley, Bura culture, ca 3rd to 13th century, but most likely toward the later end of the culture. Large and unusual pottery head of a human in redware coarse clay. Figure with exa

**Previously Listed At $350** Africa, Northeast Nigeria, Katsina, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. Quite rare, an ancient Katsina terracotta janus (double-headed) figure that once belonged to a statue that