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Fine 26th Dynasty Egyptian Faience Ushabti for Ankh-Hor

Jalisco Standing Pottery Barrel Warrior w/ Club

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Large & Important Chavin Janus-Headed Polychrome Bowl: Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 600 to 500 BCE. Of a grand scale, a very impressive, hand-built and finely modeled vessel depicting two expressive visages - representing either a double

0066A: Large & Important Chavin Janus-Headed Polychrome BowlEst. US$7,000-US$9,000Lot Passed

Fine Olmecoid Obsidian Carved Human Figure: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Olmec, ca. 600 to 400 BCE. Very fine and quite rare in this type of stone! Green obsidian figure, arms carved in low relief on the body and deeply cut shoulders with head.

0066B: Fine Olmecoid Obsidian Carved Human FigureEst. US$1,200-US$1,800Lot Passed

Paracas Pottery Bowl, Double-Headed Snake: Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Paracas culture, ca. 600 to 200 BCE. A sweet hand-built terracotta vessel depicting a bicephalic serpent, its two faces delineated with round-bulging eyes, nostriled

0066C: Paracas Pottery Bowl, Double-Headed SnakeEst. US$500-US$750Lot Passed

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Guerrero Mezcala Greenstone Necklace: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, ca. 400 to 200 BCE. A beautiful strand of dozens of hand-carved, hand-polished, and hand-drilled jade beads presenting rich hues of verdant green, in barrel, tubular,

0066D: Guerrero Mezcala Greenstone NecklaceEst. US$500-US$700

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Colima Large Seated Ceramic Woman: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An excellent example of the type, this is a large earthenware figure of a seated woman. Her body is broad, with small breasts up near her

0066E: Colima Large Seated Ceramic WomanEst. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Passed

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Jalisco Bowl w/ Flared Top - Ex Stendahl Gallery: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A charming bowl with a huge flared spout. The body is painted a cheerful orange-red, with three bands of the same color around the rim,

0066F: Jalisco Bowl w/ Flared Top - Ex Stendahl GalleryEst. US$600-US$900

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Mezcala Pecked Diorite Stone Axe God: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala style, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A characteristically abstract anthropomorphic figure, hand-carved and string-cut from a rich green stone (probably diorite) with

0067: Mezcala Pecked Diorite Stone Axe GodEst. US$700-US$900Lot Passed

Rare Colombian Horqueta Period Lidded Carinated Jar: Pre-Columbian, Colombia, San Agustin, Horqueta Period, ca. 600 BCE to 100 CE. A fabulous lidded brownware vessel, the body of a carinated, round-bottomed form with wonderful incised and relief

0067A: Rare Colombian Horqueta Period Lidded Carinated JarEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

Choice Guerrero Mezcala Green Stone Axe God: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. An impressive anthropomorphic stone axe god of M-16 to M-18 variety, carved from a deep grey-green stone with minimally

0067B: Choice Guerrero Mezcala Green Stone Axe GodEst. US$1,400-US$2,000Lot Passed

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West Mexican Pottery Incised Cylinder Vessel: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A well-preserved ceramic cylinder vessel, incised with highly abstract motifs resembling human heads with serpent-like bodies. The mouth of the

0067C: West Mexican Pottery Incised Cylinder VesselEst. US$1,000-US$1,500

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Mezcala M-6 Type Diorite Stone Axe God: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala style, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A hand-carved and string-cut anthropomorphic figure in a rich mottled green stone (probably diorite). The figure has a large head

0067D: Mezcala M-6 Type Diorite Stone Axe GodEst. US$600-US$900Lot Passed

San Agustin / Tierradentro Brownware Pottery Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Colombia, San Augustin and Tierradentro, ca. 600 BCE to 100 CE. A voluminous, globular pottery vessel, finished with burnished dark brown slip of rich chocolate hues with punctuate

0068: San Agustin / Tierradentro Brownware Pottery VesselEst. US$1,200-US$1,500Lot Passed

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Jamacoaque Polychrome Figural Flute - Female Form: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jama Coaque (Jamacoaque) culture, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. A fascinating ceramic female effigy flute, her body decorated with incredible painted motifs. The woman depicted would

0069: Jamacoaque Polychrome Figural Flute - Female FormEst. US$800-US$1,200

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Impressive Colima Camala Style Standing Shaman: Pre-Columbian, Colima, Camala style, western Mexico, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. Burnished terracotta figure of a standing Shaman with his hands next to his body. He is wearing a collar around his head

0069A: Impressive Colima Camala Style Standing ShamanEst. US$1,500-US$2,000

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Zapotec Seated God Figural Pottery Urn: Pre-Columbian, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, ca. 100 BCE to 200 CE. A dramatic, bulbous-bodied figural bottle with a wide spout ending in a slightly flared rim. Attached to the body

0069B: Zapotec Seated God Figural Pottery UrnEst. US$2,200-US$3,300

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Maya Chert Flint Cache Spear / Arrow Points (29): Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, purportedly found near Colha, Belize, Preclassic Maya period, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A group of twenty-nine knapped chert fragments used either as spear points or

0069C: Maya Chert Flint Cache Spear / Arrow Points (29)Est. US$300-US$450Lot Passed

Colima Stone Metate - Anthropomorphic: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Carved from a single piece of volcanic stone, a metate depicting a human figure with the head looking out from one end, and four abstract

0069D: Colima Stone Metate - AnthropomorphicEst. US$800-US$1,000Lot Passed

Viru Pottery Whistling Bridge-Spouted Jar in Bird Form: Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Viru, ca. 300 BCE to 100 CE. A polychrome terracotta whistling vessel in the form of a bird with a long tapered spout emerging from its tail end, food or pebbles

0070: Viru Pottery Whistling Bridge-Spouted Jar in Bird FormEst. US$900-US$1,400Lot Passed

Colima Mace Pottery Jar: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built redware pottery vessel of a rather unusual form. When gripped at the neck and held upside down, the vessel resembles a fierce

0070A: Colima Mace Pottery JarEst. US$1,200-US$1,600Lot Passed

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Colima Pottery Flute with Warrior: Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely pottery flute adorned with brown slip with the figure of a warrior just below the mouthpiece. The warrior wears a large helmet

0070B: Colima Pottery Flute with WarriorEst. US$300-US$450

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Amusing Jalisco Terracotta Squatting Female Figure: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A polychrome earthenware figural effigy vessel depicting a kneeling woman with her long and rather slender arms upraised, her hands placed

0070C: Amusing Jalisco Terracotta Squatting Female FigureEst. US$600-US$900

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Vicus Pottery Whistling Bridge-Spouted Jar - Phallus: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Vicus, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A handbuilt brownware whistling vessel, the body of a domed, rounded form, the bridge spout highlighting a phallic theme with a figure

0071: Vicus Pottery Whistling Bridge-Spouted Jar - PhallusEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed

Jalisco Barrel Warrior Pottery Figure: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, Ameca type, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A large-scale Jalisco seated warrior figure with red and cream painted details over gray slip, holding an intimidating

0072: Jalisco Barrel Warrior Pottery FigureEst. US$600-US$900Lot Passed

Nayarit Sitting Female on 2-Legged Stool: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A large and impressive terracotta female figure sitting on a two-legged stool with a characteristically wide torso, her hands positioned

0073: Nayarit Sitting Female on 2-Legged StoolEst. US$1,800-US$2,500Lot Passed

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