Yoke "yugo" with decor in relief, Classic Period, ca. 450 to 650 AD - Mexico, Veracruz

black stone, H: 17 cm, H: 6,7 inch Provenance: Edith Hafter (1911-2001), Solothurn, Switzerland Continent: America This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documen

Mexico, Vera Cruz, Classic Period, ca. 450 to 650 CE. Seated female known as a" coast watcher." Positioned with her hands to her folded legs, she wears an elaborately ornamented headdress, ear spools,

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Pacific Slope region, Teotihuacan culture, Escuintla type, Classic Period, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A stunning incensario used to burn copal incense, presented in the form of a Teotih

Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, Mexico, Xico, Late Classic Period, ca. 650 to 850 CE. A striking pottery fragment of a bowl with 2 rows of relief glyphs representing Chaac (also Chac or Chaahk), the

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Cotzumalguapa region, Maya culture, Late Classic Period, ca. 650 to 900 CE. A stunning and large basalt stone fragment, relief carved with a supernatural b

A Veracruz Stone Yoke Eastern Mexico, c. 400-700 AD Speckled gray stone, the ends carved in relief to depict half of a face with a large headdress. Remains of red cinnabar in

Pre-columbian Veracruz Serpentine Yugo from Mexico, ca. 600-900 A.D. Light cream colored serpentine stone in the shape of a ball game yugo. 15.55″ in length x 13.38″ in width x 4.13″

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A striking, large carved architecture feature - a base of a wall - featuring a high relief face mask depictin

Pre-Columbian, Maya region, Late Classic Period, ca. 650 to 750 CE. An incredible piece of ancient craftsmanship, a black and red on cream-orange slip paint cylinder with a codex register of nine glyp

Pre-Columbian, Honduras, Maya, Ulua Valley, Dedalos type, early classic Ulua I period, ca. 450 to 550 CE. A hand-built pottery cylinder vase decorated with 3 human figures kneeling among fruitful caca

A pair of terracotta Veracruz sonrientes, A pair of terracotta Veracruz sonrientes, 450 AD-750 AD, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Veracruz, Remojadas culture, also known as 'smiling face boys', each in a standi

Pre-Columbian, Jaina / Campeche Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 to 850 CE. An incredibly detailed ceramic depiction of a man, dressed in what looks like armor. Sandals with rich feather dec

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Lowlands, Campeche, Maya, Early Classic Period, ca. 250 to 550 CE. A dazzling pair of carved-shell discs of annular form intricately incised with mythological iconography in the

Huge Pre-Columbian Mayan pectoral, Highlands Guatemala, ca. 600-900 AD. classic period. Large and beautiful Mayan plaque made by the ancient Maya in a beautiful jade. Seated lord facing a figure, sitt

**Originally Listed At $6000** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A staggering collection of 39 sizable hand carved greenstone pectoral beads an

Pre-Columbian Zapotec Pottery urn from Oaxaca, Monte Alban Period III-A, Mexico, ca. 200-450 CE. Gray pottery urn depicting seated deity wearing an alligator (glyph V) headdress. Some encrustation on

Pre-Columbian, Highlands (Chiapas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador), Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 950 CE. A superb pottery plate of sizable form, skillfully hand-painted with a s

Large Pre-Columbien Veracruz Standing figure from Mexico, ca. 400-650 CE. Large standing pottery figure with arms outstretched, wearing headdress, necklace, earrings, wide backsplash, loin cloth and h

A STONE 'TOAD' YOKEMexico, Veracruz classical culture, 550-950 AD The yoke with a horseshoe shape, the stone carved with a stylized representation of a toad.42 x 36 x 13,5 cmProvenance: ancient collec

Toltec-Maya, Post Classic Period, 900-1200 AD. A circular limestone relief marker from the human sacrificial ball game, carved with the skull of a defeated ballplayer with open mouth and scrolls of pl

An important Veracruz head from Mexico, ca. 600-900 A.D. This monumental size head would have been part of an incensario figure dedicated to the god Chaac. The realistic expression on the face is stri

A Rare Maya Carved and Inlaid Shell Plaque Mexico, Late Classic Period c. 600-800 AD Cut from a large conch shell and ornamented with the following inlay: grooved green jade cuffs a

Veracruz Avian Skull Hacha (300-900 AD) Hachas are a distinctive form associated with art from the Classic Veracruz culture, which flourished along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico between A.D. 300 and

**Originally Listed At $8000** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A large and finely carved, greenstone yoke replete with tremendous artistry and technique, and therefore likely a ce