A large Inca aryballos, Peru

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1500 CE. Large terracotta vessel of classic Inca form (A form developed and only used by the Inca in the ancient Americas). Redware jar designed to be fired wit

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1438 to 1533 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished vessel known as an urpu (also called an aryballos) with a conical base, a nearly spherical body with a rounde

A large Inca aryballo, ca. AD 1300 - 1500. This elaborately decorated vessel is 10-3/4 in high and features intricately painted birds covering the front of the chamber. The rear, handles and neck are

A very large Chimu - Inca blackware stirrup vessel from ancient Peru. The globular vessel is topped by a thick stirrup handle and flared spout. The body of the vessel is divided into four panels, each

A PRE-COLUMBIAN GOLD FIGURINE, INCA, PERU, 1470-1532, the solid cast female figurine standing with knees slightly bent, hands clasped together below her chest, large oval rimmed eyes and finely striat

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1533 CE. A splendid and sizeable pottery jar displaying a bulbous body, a slender, conical neck, and an annular rim, all sitting upon a round yet stable base. En

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A wonderful example of an llama or alpaca effigy and offering vessel known as a canopa, carved from a mottled-black stone that is polished until

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Incan Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A smooth vessel, hand-carved from a deep black stone, with a hollowed-out interior. These small stone figures, called "canopas," a

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A beautiful tunic pin known as a "tupu" composed of copper that has aged to have a pretty dark green patina. Th

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1300 to 1520 CE. A large, finely carved alabaster canopa (votive offering) in the form of an alpaca or llama, with a deep, hollowed out hole on the back used to make off

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1438 to 1533 CE. An impressive blackware vessel of a classic aryballos form with a dramatic flared rim supported by a narrow neck and twin loop handles flanking a bulbou

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1438 to 1533 CE. An aryballos-shaped pottery vessel known as an urpu, hand-built and painted with polychrome pigments. The bell-sh

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. An impressive mold-formed pottery aryballos, exhibiting a flared rim flanked by 2 petite looped handles for suspension, a long tubular n

Pre-Columbian, Peru, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. The aryballos (storage jar) was a favorite ceramic form of the Inca. As you can see this example boasts a characteristic elegant, long neck with flared rim; h

A Bowl with Frieze of Five Inca Terns, Peru, Early Nasca, 1-200 CE Sea birds were very important for the Nasca people. They served as "indicators" of the large shoals while fishing, and thei

Back at auction due to fraudulent bidder from 6/2/2016 sale… Pre-Columbian, Peru, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. The aryballos (storage jar) was a favorite ceramic form of the Inca. As you can see this examp

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1532 CE. An extensively decorated polychrome pottery vessel called an aryballos due to its similarities to Greek vessels of this shape, but also known a

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1532 CE. An extensively decorated polychrome vessel called an aryballos due to its similarities to Greek vessels of this s

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1438 to 1533 CE. An exemplary aryballos-shaped pottery vessel known as an urpu, hand-built and painted with hues of burnt sienna, grey, and black on a light ora

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Inca, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A very long and finely woven textile sash comprised of camelid (most likely alpaca or llama) wool fibers - the overall design presenting bol

Pre-Columbian Inca arrowheads from Bolivia and Peru, South America collected in the 1940s by Bolivian native. Largest approx 3.5" L. Graduated denticulation on the flint or chert.

A superb Inca conopa from Peru, ca. 1300 - 1500 AD. This choice example was carved from dark green chrysocolla in the form of a nicely detailed alpaca. The large cavity on its back retains much of the

**Originally Listed At $8500** Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Inca hinterlands (Chucu), ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A beautiful stone plaque, of a large and oblong form. The plaque depicts an intricate abstra

Originally offered at $3,000... Pre-Columbian, central highlands of Peru, Inca culture, ca. 1350 to 1500 CE. By far the most well known and "popular" of the pre-contact South American cultures, the I