Calima Bichrome Toad / Frog Effigy Stirrup Vessel

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Calima area, Yotoco culture, ca. 100 BCE to 800 CE. A toad- or frog-shaped stirrup vessel with a knobbled texture to its surface and a dynamic pose pushed up on its powerful f

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Calima zone, Valle del Cauca, Yotoco phase, ca. 300 to 1300 CE. A bi-chrome red and cream slipped terracotta toad or frog-shaped stirrup vessel with knobby 'skin' on its back

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III-IV, ca. 500 CE. A fabulous frog effigy stirrup vessel of an endearingly expressive form with bulging eyes, slit mouth, and legs poised to leap. The surface i

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III-IV, ca. 200 CE. Something’s fishy about this piece? Seriously fishy! The Moche were avid fisherman who garnered this abundant food source from the coastal

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase I, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A beautifully painted figural stirrup vessel depicting a frog with wide elliptical eyes seated in a crouched position. This bichrome

Pre-columbian Moche, Peru, ca. 500 A.D., Frog vessel, spotted bichorme, with bulging eyes, slit mouth, resting on front feet. Horizontal striations on front and back feet. Dimensions: 7-1/2" l x 7-1/2

**Originally Listed At $1500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche 4, classic period, ca. 400 to 500 CE. Perfect for any fan of the macabre - a bichrome pottery effigy stirrup vessel representing t

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche V, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A wonderful blackware effigy stirrup vessel representing a frog in a somewhat transitional style, the frog showing Moche stylings, the stir

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III, ca. 100 to 200 CE. A simple yet elegant jaguar effigy stirrup vessel in a bichrome finish with the red jaguar's body sprawled atop the white, near-spherical

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A mold-formed stirrup vessel featuring a flat base and bulbous body depicting a charming frog, or perhaps a toad, wit

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, Phase V, ca. 600 to 750 CE. A mold-formed stirrup vessel featuring a flat base and bulbous body depicting a charming frog, perhaps a toad, with a curious look on its face.

Pre-Columbian, Peru, northern coast, Moche, ca. 500 to 800 CE. Attractive ample pottery jar in the form of a sitting toad with large conical spout atop his back. Redware vessel highlighted in much add

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III-IV, ca. 200 CE. An impressive blackware stirrup vessel depicting a deity or transitioning shaman with both human and stingray features. Moche artists

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche II, ca. 300 to 400 CE. Very attractive pottery stirrup vessel - jar used to store water and chicha with the spout shaped so it can be attached to one's belt. Vessel

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Period III, ca. 350 to 550 CE. A charming pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a jaguar, hand-painted with a spotted back and striped tail and limbs. Seated wi

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 250 BCE to 250 CE. A figural vessel with a stylized head upon a stirrup handle and spherical body, the opening set into the top of th

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 400 to 650 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished vessel depicting a seated merchant offering one of his wares: a grid-patterned tunic. The vess

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A large, mold-made pottery vessel in the form of a sweet, smiling sea lion. He has a well-rendered, naturalistic face capped by a s

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 550 CE. A splendid hand-built pottery stirrup vessel with a bichrome finish in hues of umber and cream that displays a fascinating avian ic

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche V, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A hand-built and highly-burnished pottery vessel with a planar base, globular body, rounded shoulders, a wide

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel of a sizable form with a convex but stable base, a rotund, spherical body with a sloped shoulder,

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche I, ca. 300 BCE to 100 CE. A bichrome stirrup vessel of red and cream hues in the shape of an Andean mountainside with a caracol (snail) shell and two slithering

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III to Phase IV, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A classic bi-chrome stirrup vessel decorated with a rolling two-tiered tidal wave. The vessel's playful design is deli

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel of a sizable form with a convex but stable base, a rotund, spherical body with a sloped shoulder,