Colima Redware Reclinatorio - Avian & Human

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Reclinatorios such as this were used by individuals of high rank to support their heads and backs when seated. The iconography of this form i

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Reclinatorios such as this were used by individuals of high rank to support their heads and backs when seated. The iconography of this form i

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Reclinatorios such as this were used by individuals of high rank to support their heads and backs when seated or reclining. The hybridized ic

**Originally Listed At $1000** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. One of the finest examples of this type of artifact that I have seen, a hand-made reclinatorio with one side i

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery reclinatario depicting an abstract avian creature with a slender beak. The piece rests upon a broad

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautiful Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash or melon-shaped body supported by three avian legs, each bird positioned upwa

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautiful Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash or melon-shaped body supported by three avian legs, each bird positioned upwa

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. An adorable redware ceramic effigy whistle depicting a sweet bird. Avian forms were embraced in the Pre-Columbian world as sky animals that c

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Protoclassic, ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE. Burnished pottery headrest finely modeled with an avian figure with arms/wings extended, the vessel resting on its splayed tail and spou

RECLINATORIO, painted redware ceramic, 9 ¼ x 11 ¼ x 7 ½”, estimated for auction by Sotheby’s in 1997 for $1500-2000. From the collection of Selma & Herbert Moskowitz.

Pre-Columbian Colima Head Vessel 200 B.C.E. - C.E. 200 West Mexico, burnished red ware depicting a human head having angular features; provenance: Chicago, Illinois estate Condition: Very Good, chip t

Seated human figure with outstretched legs, holding a rounded bowl in his lap. Incised decoration. Colima, Mexico ca. 250 BC-250 AD. Ht 9" W 7 Gift of Dr. and Mrs. David Harner, Christmas 1984. The es

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An exquisite redware seated warrior figure with shamanic status indicated by his horned helmet. He sits in a dynamic pose, with bent legs, br

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This brilliant vermillion pottery vessel is in the form of a wide, voluminous squash with a body that is stylistically segmented with smooth, fine ve

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An exemplary pottery dog, enveloped in a vibrant, red slip with a high burnish! First off, its scale is impressive -

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. This brilliant vermillion pottery vessel assumes form of a wide, voluminous squash with a gadrooned body that is stylistically segmented with

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A delightful sculptural vessel in traditional dog form but with 2 heads and 2 tails, their faces caught in a playful expression as they share

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A fascinating redware dwarf effigy vessel, the seated figure presenting with out-turned legs, relatively large feet with

**Originally Listed At $3000** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Finely burnished with a red finish applied in a stripe over the snout and brow of the head! Although standing,

**Originally Listed At $1500** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautifully constructed, hand-built redware dog vessel of a charming form that exhibits a playful nature and

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A redware pottery figure of a seated shaman, leaning slightly forward and resting both hands on his knees, and an opening in his head that le

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fabulous burnished redware vessel depicting a male acrobat arching in a backbend position, his arms and legs forming the legs of th

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery jar of sizable form covered in lustrous red slip. Resembling a wide, voluminou

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An adorable and quite large seated Colima dog vessel with a flared spout emerging from its forehead. This most famous class of Colima artifac