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Adorable Chancay Pottery Hairless Dog: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. A Peruvian hairless dog of a rare form! Lying in a prone position with his front paws stretched out, his rear paws tucked beneath its body,

0008: Adorable Chancay Pottery Hairless DogEst. US$900-US$1,200

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Monumental Chancay Polychrome Vessel - TL Tested: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A massive ceramic vessel, egg-shaped and with a thick rolled mouth and rim, with a beautiful geometric decorative program. Aside from

0008A: Monumental Chancay Polychrome Vessel - TL TestedEst. US$5,600-US$8,400

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Chancay Bi-chrome Star Gazer Holding Kero: Pre-Columbian, Chancay culture, Peru, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Wow! A great example of a classic Chancay form, a star gazer holding a kero. The vessel is a bi-chrome earthenware egg-shaped effigy, with

0008B: Chancay Bi-chrome Star Gazer Holding KeroEst. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Passed

Chancay Pottery Black-on-White Figural Litter Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A very rare ceramic vessel, hand sculpted and painted in the distinctive Chancay style. The vessel features a half-circle-shaped body

0009: Chancay Pottery Black-on-White Figural Litter VesselEst. US$3,500-US$5,000Lot Passed

Chancay Bi-chrome Beaker w/ Zoomorphic Handles: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A hand-built pottery beaker-form cup with a flat base, a flared body with a thin rim, and a pair of abstract zoomorphic handles on either

0010: Chancay Bi-chrome Beaker w/ Zoomorphic HandlesEst. US$700-US$1,000Lot Passed

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Chancay Pottery Whistling Vessel - Standing Hunchback: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 900 to 1450 CE. A wonderfully functional whistling vessel, made of a white-ground clay, with a standing lord figure functioning as part of the strap handle.

0010A: Chancay Pottery Whistling Vessel - Standing HunchbackEst. US$1,200-US$1,800

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Fine Chancay Polychrome Textile Mummy Bundle: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1450 CE. A fine mummy bundle false head made from tightly woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in hues of beige, fuchsia, wheat, coffee,

0010B: Fine Chancay Polychrome Textile Mummy BundleEst. US$2,400-US$3,600Lot Passed

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Large Chancay Textile Fragment w/ Birds: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A beautiful and sizable textile fragment composed of tightly-woven natural cotton fibers in hues of cream, beige, fuchsia, magenta, and

0010C: Large Chancay Textile Fragment w/ BirdsEst. US$800-US$1,200

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Chancay Pottery Cuchimilco / Star Gazer: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1000 CE. A charming Chancay stargazer or cuchimilco, a human figure - this one with female characteristics - posed with arms outstretched and

0011: Chancay Pottery Cuchimilco / Star GazerEst. US$600-US$900Lot Passed

Stunning Framed Chancay Painted Textile: Pre-Columbian, Chancay, modern day Peru, ca. 1300 to 1470 CE. A bright, rectangular textile decorated with twelve rectangular panels, each with a bright background. They alternate between single

0011A: Stunning Framed Chancay Painted TextileEst. US$5,000-US$7,500Lot Passed

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Rare Chavin Maranon Polychrome Erotic Vessel w/ TL Test: Pre-Columbian, Peru (Ecuador border ), Chavin Maranon, 1500 BCE. Older than ceramics of the classic Chavin era, and according to the current owner, one of only two known erotic ceramics of this type

0012: Rare Chavin Maranon Polychrome Erotic Vessel w/ TL TestEst. US$9,000-US$12,000

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Chavin Pottery Stirrup Vessel Depicting Duality: Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin culture, Casa Grande type, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. One of the more striking examples of ancient pottery I have seen from this region! A blackware stirrup vessel - a

0012A: Chavin Pottery Stirrup Vessel Depicting DualityEst. US$2,000-US$3,000

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Chavin Bichrome Vase with Spirals: Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin culture, Casa Grande type, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A delightfully proportioned stirrup vessel featuring a thick spout terminating in an everted rim and a

0012B: Chavin Bichrome Vase with SpiralsEst. US$1,000-US$1,500

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Rare Chavin Shell Trumpet w/ Incised Figures: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. An impressive seashell trumpet with several abstract anthropomorphic figures incised across its creamy white surface and double

0012C: Rare Chavin Shell Trumpet w/ Incised FiguresEst. US$3,000-US$5,000

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Chavin Pottery Vase - Unusual Minimalist Style: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. An elegant, minimalist ceramic vessel from a culture that usually made their pottery strongly representational. The body is nearly spherical, standing

0012D: Chavin Pottery Vase - Unusual Minimalist StyleEst. US$1,500-US$2,000Lot Passed

Rare Chavin Textile Fragment w/ Zoomorphic Faces: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A very rare cotton textile fragment from the Chavin peoples of ancient Peru. The tightly woven fabric is decorated with two fierce zoomorphic

0013: Rare Chavin Textile Fragment w/ Zoomorphic FacesEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed

Chavin Pottery Bottle w/ Incised Motifs: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1000 to 200 BCE. A fine example of a hand-built brownware pottery bottle with a planar base, a bell-shaped body with a gently rounded shoulder, a

0013A: Chavin Pottery Bottle w/ Incised MotifsEst. US$1,400-US$2,000Lot Passed

Chavin Pottery Stirrup Vessel Depicting Yuca Tubers: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, Tembladera, Jequetepeque valley, ca. 700 to 400 BCE. Wow! An incredible blackware stirrup vessel featuring a tall, V-shaped stirrup, a wide spout, and a body in the form

0013B: Chavin Pottery Stirrup Vessel Depicting Yuca TubersEst. US$3,500-US$5,000Lot Passed

Chavin Pottery Bottle w/ Incised Jaguar Fangs: Pre-Columbian, central/northern coast Peru, Chavin de Huantar, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A hand-built pottery bottle of a wonderful and sizable form with a flat base, an apple-shaped body

0013C: Chavin Pottery Bottle w/ Incised Jaguar FangsEst. US$1,800-US$2,500Lot Passed

Chavin Blackware Vessel - Transforming Jaguar Shaman: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Larredo-Trujillo, Chavin, ca. 400 to 200 BCE. An extremely rare blackware vessel, its surface decorated with broad-line incisions that depict two abstract glyphs

0014: Chavin Blackware Vessel - Transforming Jaguar ShamanEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed

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0015: Chimu Silver Adornment w/ Repousse Bird - 1.5 gEst. US$600-US$900

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Chimu Wood Textile Tool with Standing Lord Figure: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 CE. A skillfully carved wooden textile tool, perhaps a loom stick, with a standing lord finely rendered at the upper end. The regal figure presents a

0016: Chimu Wood Textile Tool with Standing Lord FigureEst. US$900-US$1,350Lot Passed

Chimu Copper Rattle w/ Birds: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A ceremonial cast copper rattle of cylindrical form, with one end ringed with flying birds, their wings and tails outspread, the heads raised to show

0016A: Chimu Copper Rattle w/ BirdsEst. US$1,200-US$1,800Lot Passed

Chimu Blackware Stirrup Vessel w/ Bird Spout: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished blackware pottery vessel with a pair of conjoined globular vessels, a pair of cylindrical spouts

0016B: Chimu Blackware Stirrup Vessel w/ Bird SpoutEst. US$450-US$650Lot Passed

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