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Nazca Polychrome Dish, Figure w/ Trophy Head

19th C. Japanese Late Edo Brass Lobster Okimono

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Moche Gilded Copper Mask, Face w/ Dangling Ornaments: **Originally Listed At $5500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Loma Negra region, Moche culture, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A gilt copper funerary face mask adorned with dangling ornaments. The thin metal

0128: Moche Gilded Copper Mask, Face w/ Dangling OrnamentsEst. $5,000-$7,500Lot Passed

Moche Pottery Stirrup Vessel - Warrior w/ Jaguar Pelt: **Originally Listed At $900** Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A fine stirrup portrait vessel showing a standing warrior. He is portrayed as a younger man with

0129: Moche Pottery Stirrup Vessel - Warrior w/ Jaguar PeltEst. $1,100-$1,650Lot Passed

Moche Bichrome Stirrup Vessel - Monkey Form: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III to IV, ca. 350 to 700 CE. A mold-made pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a monkey with a projecting head from which

0130: Moche Bichrome Stirrup Vessel - Monkey FormEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Michoacan & Moche Pottery Vessels + Chimu Textile: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE; North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 800 CE; Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A gathering of 2

0131: Michoacan & Moche Pottery Vessels + Chimu TextileEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Moche I Bichrome Handled Vessel: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche I, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A pretty pottery vessel enveloped in lustrous burnt sienna pigment with a beige-colored design or 5 spiraling,

0132: Moche I Bichrome Handled VesselEst. $700-$1,050

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Moche Pottery Figural Vessel w/ Stippled Body: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A wonderful redware jar with a bulbous body and a slender neck adorned with an anthropomorphic head presenting

0133: Moche Pottery Figural Vessel w/ Stippled BodyEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Nazca Polychrome Double-Sided Tinya / Drum: **Originally Listed At $3500** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 100 BCE to 1000 CE. A rare and impressive double-sided drum, known as a tinya, boasting a cylindrical form and

0134: Nazca Polychrome Double-Sided Tinya / DrumEst. $3,200-$4,800Lot Passed

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Rare Nazca Dried Gourd Vessel w/ Stippling & Zoomorphs: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, likely Nazca culture, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A dried gourd vessel with an elongated shape and rounded bottom, ideal for resting upright in a sandy surface-

0134A: Rare Nazca Dried Gourd Vessel w/ Stippling & ZoomorphsEst. $800-$1,200

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Nazca Polychrome Stirrup Vessel, 2 Mythical Beings: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Late Nazca, Phase 6, ca. 550 to 750 CE. An impressive pottery stirrup vessel, intricately hand-painted with the complex image of 2

0134B: Nazca Polychrome Stirrup Vessel, 2 Mythical BeingsEst. $900-$1,350

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Vibrant Tiahuanaco Polychrome Wool Textile Panel: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Nazca or Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. This is a gorgeous ancient textile that is woven using camelid wool and natural dyes.

0135: Vibrant Tiahuanaco Polychrome Wool Textile PanelEst. $900-$1,350Lot Passed

Paracas Pottery Figural Seed Jar: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Paracas culture, ca. 100 BCE. An early polychrome human effigy vessel presenting an intriguing countenance comprised of recessed

0135A: Paracas Pottery Figural Seed JarEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Nazca Polychrome Dish, Figure w/ Trophy Head: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A wonderful pottery bowl hand-painted with the image of a standing male figure grasping a trophy head in his left

0136: Nazca Polychrome Dish, Figure w/ Trophy HeadEst. $900-$1,350

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Nazca Polychrome Kero, Anthropomorphic Mythical Being: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Coast of Peru, Early Nazca, Phase 4, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. A striking kero boasting impressively painted labyrinthian body of the

0137: Nazca Polychrome Kero, Anthropomorphic Mythical BeingEst. $800-$1,200

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Nazca Polychrome Portrait Kero, Abstract Ornamentation: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Late Nazca, Phase 6, ca. 550 to 750 CE. A delightful pottery vessel in the form of a stylized portrait head comprised of several horizontal

0138: Nazca Polychrome Portrait Kero, Abstract OrnamentationEst. $700-$1,050

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Nazca Polychrome Kero w/ Fish Motif: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A drinking vessel known as a kero with a round but stable base, a tall and slightly flaring body, and a thin rim

0138A: Nazca Polychrome Kero w/ Fish MotifEst. $800-$1,200

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Nazca Polychrome Jar, Bloody Mouth Killer Whales & Fish: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Coast of Peru, Late Nazca, Phase 6, ca. 550 to 750 CE. A fabulous pottery jar elaborately adorned with complex zoomorphic imagery, all skillfully

0138B: Nazca Polychrome Jar, Bloody Mouth Killer Whales & FishEst. $800-$1,200

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Large / Fine Sican Silver Conical Beaker: **Originally Listed At $2000** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. An enormous conical beaker with a wide, gradually flaring body soldered to a concave foot, all

0139: Large / Fine Sican Silver Conical BeakerEst. $2,400-$3,600Lot Passed

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Tiwanaku Royal Ensemble - Twin Silver Pectorals: **Originally Listed At $5500** Pre-Columbian, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, Tiwanaku culture, ca. 400 to 600 CE. Rare and striking ensemble of twin silver pectorals. Starting with lower, thick

0140: Tiwanaku Royal Ensemble - Twin Silver PectoralsEst. $3,200-$4,800

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Sican / Chimu Textile Appliques - Oracle Spiders: **Originally Listed At $700** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, late Sican (Lambayeque) to early Chimu, ca. 900 to 1100 CE. A lovely gathering of six textile appliques comprised of tightly woven

0141: Sican / Chimu Textile Appliques - Oracle SpidersEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Huari Polychrome Camelid Four Corner Hat: **Originally Listed At $3750** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Huari (Wari), ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A beautiful four cornered hat from the Huari culture made of low pile camelid (llama or alpaca)

0142: Huari Polychrome Camelid Four Corner HatEst. $5,000-$7,500Lot Passed

Huari Polychrome Textile Panel - Falcon Staff Bearer: **Originally Listed At $1500** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A fabulous textile panel comprised of tightly woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in

0143: Huari Polychrome Textile Panel - Falcon Staff BearerEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

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Huari Polychrome Kero w/ Abstract Motifs: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, central highlands of Peru or Lake Titicaca region of Bolivia, Huari (Wari), ca. 6th to 9th century CE. A pretty pottery kero boasting hand-painted black and

0144: Huari Polychrome Kero w/ Abstract MotifsEst. $800-$1,200

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Huari Painted Wood Standing Male Figure: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Huari/Wari, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A wood carving of a stylized male figure standing on an integral base with delineated legs, arms to his

0145: Huari Painted Wood Standing Male FigureEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Necklace w/ Pre-Columbian Gold, Jade & Crystal: **Originally Listed At $4000** Pre-Columbian, Panama Isthmus / Northern Colombia, International Group, ca. 800 to 1200 CE (gold pendant); Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, ca. 550 to 900 CE

0146: Necklace w/ Pre-Columbian Gold, Jade & CrystalEst. $4,500-$6,750

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