Sold2022Maya Pottery Vessel w/ Bird & Snake, Ex Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A fascinating pottery vessel of a tall, cylindrical form with a flat base, smooth walls, a deep basin, and a lightly flareSee Sold Price
Sold2015Inca Pottery Pan Flute, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1500 CE. Rare votive offering of a set of pan pipes, done in clay. Working tubes connected by wide band, custom stand. Rare and nice! Size: 3"H x 3-1/2"W not including cSee Sold Price
Sold2015Chimu Blackware Bridge Vessel - Bird, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A double chambered bridge-spout vessel, the front chamber adorned with a near miniature bird or perhaps turtle. When intact, this piece was a whistlingSee Sold Price
Sold2023Colima Redware Pottery Bird Vessel, Ex Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A charming pottery vessel in the form of a swallow mid-flight with wings widely spread and head lifted at aSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fine Chavin Pottery Vessel w/ Snakes, Ex Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. This is an incredible hand-built pottery vessel that is molded with raised serpents on the midsection. The deep umber brown vesselSee Sold Price
Sold2021Maya Polychrome Jar w/ Dignitaries, ex-Arte Primitivo**Originally Listed At $3500** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 850 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of an elegant form with a flat base, a carinated loweSee Sold Price
Sold2016Wari Whistling Vessel w/ 4 Faces, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Wari / Huari culture, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A very unusual and striking pottery vessel molded with four faces, but using only 4 eyes. The faces alternate between menacing anSee Sold Price
Sold2023Chupicuaro Bichrome Ribbed Bowl, Ex Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Guanajuato River Valley, Chupicuaro culture, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A lovely pottery bowl of a rare form comprised of 3 coils resembling the body of a snake supported by a pedSee Sold Price
Sold2016Pre-Columbian pre-Classic femaleA pre-Columbian standing figure wearing a wrapped, frontal ponytail, and wide necklace with spool pendant, wide belt around her waist. 1000 BC. Post Olmec, very rare type. Ex- Arte Primitivo, Ex- HarmSee Sold Price
Sold2017Rare Colima Pottery Warrior, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A tall, hollow-cast redware terracotta warrior figure with a nicely burnished surface. The male warrior is hunched over, standing on two broaSee Sold Price
Sold2023Rare Colima Redware Vessel, ex-Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fascinating and rare pottery vessel featuring a rectangular cuboid form with an ovoid spout that rises from one sSee Sold Price
Sold2018Rare Chupicuaro Pottery Group Scene - ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Chupicuaro culture, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery group scene comprised of a flat base, rolled sides, a planar top, and a trio of seated figures. The legsSee Sold Price
Sold2015Wari / Huari Polychrome Kero, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Huari/Wari, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A polychrome, decorated terracotta kero or drinking vessel of a gracefully tapered form, painted on each side with an abstract frontally poSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mayan Polychrome Tripod Plate, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Highlands (Chiapas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador), Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 600 CE. A flare-rimmed dish standing on three short legs, with a central portrait head iSee Sold Price
Sold2018Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God, ex-Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. An impressive anthropomorphic axe god, hand-carved from a sumptuous mottled green stone with black aSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mayan Double-Handled Terracotta Pot, ex-Arte Primitivo**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A huge, unusually-shaped and well-preserved doubleSee Sold Price
Sold2017Mayan Green Stone Maskette , ex-Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A smooth greenstone maskette pendant in the form of a human head with drilled eyes, an open mouth as if speSee Sold Price
Sold2016Rare Chimu Blackware Pottery Stingray Vessel - Ex ArtePre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. An impressive blackware stirrup effigy vessel in the form of a stingray. Sculptors of the ancient Americas depicted powerful sea predatorsSee Sold Price
Sold2017Mayan Jaina Island Molded Figure, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Jaina/Campeche Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 to 850 CE. A charming example of the molded pottery figures made on Jaina Island in the Yucatan. This hollow ceramic figure staSee Sold Price
Sold2015Inca Polychrome Gourd Stirrup Vessel, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, northern Peru, ca. 1400 CE. A very finely potted stirrup vessel. Redware pottery "beer" bottle in the form of a native gourd. Long stem in added white with black stipples down top and tSee Sold Price
Sold2016Mayan Stone Metate in Animal Form, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Maya Territories, ca. 200 to 900 CE. A green-grey volcanic stone metate (metlatl) with sturdy tripod legs and a head that - combined with the stiff back - calls to mind a turtle or possSee Sold Price
Sold2020Rare Large Pre Columbian Pottery Burial Urn w/LidRare Large Pre Columbian Pottery Burial Urn w/ Lid Artifact c. 500-1000 AD from Taino Native Indians. Provenance From a Private Collection of Serafino Iacono. Condition As Found & Very ProfessionallySee Sold Price
Sold2020Pre-Columbian Mayan Blackware Incised BowlPre-Columbian Mayan Incised Bowl. Guatemala, 300-500 CE. Provenance: Ex. Arte Primitivo, Auction # 30, lot # 197. Ex. Collection of Allan L. Long, NYC, acquired 1970's. Size: 3.75'' x 5.75'' x 5.75''See Sold Price
Sold2023Nazca Wood, Ivory, & Copper Atl Atl, Ex Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A wonderful hand-carved wooden atl atl (also atlatl, atl-atl) or spear thrower of a rod-shaped form with an ivory finial at one end and a copSee Sold Price