![A Pre-Columbian Pottery Pan Flute: A Paracas example, of typical form and with dense polychrome decoration. Dimensions: 9 1/8" x 4 3/4". Provenance: Property from a Bucks County, Pennsylvania Estate.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6623/332861/179645667_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717933419)
Pre-Columbian Pottery
![A Pre-Columbian Pottery Pan Flute: A Paracas example, of typical form and with dense polychrome decoration. Dimensions: 9 1/8" x 4 3/4". Provenance: Property from a Bucks County, Pennsylvania Estate.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6623/332861/179645667_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717933419)
![Huge Colima Pottery Standing Puppy Vessel: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery puppy vessel of adorable form, its rotund body barely supported by its 4 bowing legs. The charming](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974470_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Pre-Columbian Beads & Pottery Pieces: One set of pre-Columbian beads and pottery pieces, including three necklaces, mini pots, one large pot decorated with mask-man crawling on a long snake, and others, with a tray. Sizes vary. The Estate](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4875/331884/179034596_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717526682)
![Guatemalan Escuintla Tiquisate Tripod Cylinder Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Escuintla, Tiquisate, ca. 400 to 700 CE. An exquisite pottery tripod jar, mold-impressed with 2 panels of iconographic decoration on the tall, cylindrical body, as well as 3](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974490_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![A Group of Small Pre-Columbian Pottery Objects: Six items, a small monkey form canopa, a Columbian pot with incised geometric decoration, an Andean pot with facial decoration at either side, a Costa Rican footed bowl with animal mask decoration, a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6623/332861/179645664_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717933419)
![Large Colima Pottery Chubby Puppy Vessel: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An adorable pottery dog vessel, boasting a unique form with an exceedingly chubby body and incised zigzag and striated motifs. Standing on 4](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974478_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Set Pre-Columbian Pottery Head: A set of pre-Columbian pottery collection including pieces of artistic head sculptures. Sizes vary.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4875/331884/179034587_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717526682)
![Large Chupicuaro Polychrome Pottery Jar - Diamond Shape: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A hand-built and stone-burnished pottery bowl exhibiting elaborate geometric motifs in red and dark brown pigment atop the beige-hued ground](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974475_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Assorted Pre-Columbian Pottery Spindle Whorls & Beads: **Originally Listed At $450** Pre-Columbian, Latin & South America, Probably Mexico, Ecuador, & Peru, ca. 1000 BCE to 1500 CE. A collection of 34 assorted pottery spindle whorls and beads gathered tog](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180001394_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718320432)
![Pre-Columbian Peruvian Pottery Painted Stem Bowl: Pre-Columbian Peruvian Pottery Painted Stem Bowl. Measures 5 inches x 7 inches in diameter.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2514/333597/180205242_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718480530)
![Colima Pottery Flute w/ Ceiba Tree Spikes: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A pottery flute that still emits sound, with a mouth hole and vent on one end, and 4 key holes on the opposite end. The protruding spikes may](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179804327_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718147909)
![Two Maya Pottery Poison Bottles w/ Animals: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A set of 2 hand-built pottery poison bottles, each of spherical form, with the first jar depicting a turtle,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179804333_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718147909)
![Lambayeque Pottery Portrait Vessel: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Lambayeque, ca. 700 to 1200 CE. A hand-built and russet-hued pottery portrait vessel depicting a head with almond-shaped eyes and a decorated cap held on his elongated](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540110_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![Casas Grandes Paquime Polychrome Olla: Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua, Mogollon culture, Casas Grandes or Paquime, ca. 1130 to 1450 CE. A wonderful pottery jar with a bulbous body, carinated shoulder, and a flared rim. Enveloped](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080719_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
![Casas Grandes Black on Buff Pottery Olla: Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes culture, ca. 1100 to 1450 CE. A hand-built and stone-burnished pottery jar of spherical form with a slender but stable base, a bulging m](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540125_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![Chancay Black on White Pottery Jar: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast of Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of large, egg-shaped form decorated with ample black-painted vertical stripes and zigzags around the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540131_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![Pre-Columbian Pottery Drinking Vessel: Pre-Columbian Pottery Drinking Vessel. In the shape of a half moon with a large spout. Age Unknown. Length: 5.5 in.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6261/331889/179258859_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717516674)
![Pre-Columbian Casas Grandes Pottery Jars: Pre-Columbian, northern Mexico, Chihuahua, Casas Grandes, ca. 1150 to 1450 CE. A beautiful pair of pottery vessels: a Ramos Black jar of a rounded form with a petite lug handle in the shape of a frog](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540127_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![Three Casas Grandes Pottery Vessels: Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes, ca. 1150 to 1450 CE. A fine trio of pottery vessels: a blackware bowl, a buffware handled jar with black stripes, and a hemispherical b](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540116_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![4 Chancay Pottery Pieces - Toy, Rattle, & Bowls: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast of Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A set of 4 hand-built pottery artifacts from the ancient Peruvian Chancay people including a standing camelid toy, a piriform rattle,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540117_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![Jamacoaque Polychrome Pottery Figure w/ Baby: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque) culture, ca. 500 CE. A hand-built pottery female figure shown in a seated position while wearing an ankle-length skirt and an enormous headwrap, perhap](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540101_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![Miniature Maya Polychrome Pottery Cylinder Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A hand-built pottery cylinder of petite size with an elaborate geometric motif in black and red pigment atop a white groun](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540104_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![Moche Stirrup Vessel w/ Geometric Motif: Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase III, ca. 300 to 450 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of tall form with a gently corseted cylindrical body and a stirrup-shaped handle surmounted by a sl](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540103_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![Casas Grandes Figural Olla w/ Badger Head: Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes culture, ca. 1100 to 1450 CE. A charming pottery vessel exhibiting a spherical body, a projecting upper rim and spout that resembles a m](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080726_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
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Stahl art pottery collection sale produced strong results at Toomey
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