Chavin Blackware Vessel - Transforming Jaguar Shaman

Chimu Blackware Head Vessel, Peru, c. 1000-1200 AD, probably depicting a Shaman transforming into a Jaguar. Dimensions: 5 H x 5.5 Dia

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Casa Grande, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 900 BCE. A rare example of a hand-built pottery stirrup vessel depicting a seated shaman smoking a pipe. The detailing on t

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Amazon Rainforest, Maranon River, Chavin Maranon, ca. 1500 to 1200 BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel depicting a highly stylized shaman as he transforms into t

**Originally Listed At $3000** Pre-Columbian, Northern Coast of Peru, Cupisnique / Chavin culture, ca. 1250 to 500 BCE. An enticing pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a seated shaman in the process

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona region, ca. 1000 to 1550 CE. Like much Tairona art, this one has so many details that it will take you many viewings to see them all. A blackware vessel with an elonga

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin to Vicus transition period, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A unique ceramic vessel, standing on three legs and in the form of a shaman transforming into a zoomorphic, possibl

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Casa Grande, earliest type of stirrup vessel called "Classic Chavin", ca. 1200 BCE. A stupendous example of the early monochrome stirrup vessels found in the mountains

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Chavin, ca. 12th to 5th century BCE. A fascinating ceramic vessel, conical with a wide, flared mouth. Projecting from one side is the face of a shaman, anthropomorp

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. In incredible condition, and with an accumulated silvery iridescent patina, this is a beautiful blackware bowl with a simple, elegant motif of repeated

Pre Columbian Chavin Blackware Stirrup Vessel. Late Cupisnique, North Coast Peru, Ca. 500-300BC. Burnished brownware vessel of pill shape form with high arched stirrup spout. Similar examples of the h

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A mold-made blackware pottery stirrup vessel with a bulbous body, round shoulders decorated with low-relief stipp

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A fine blackware vessel created by the Chimu culture of ancient Peru, adorned with a dramatic jaguar, putting forth an expressive countenance with its

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fantastical blackware vessel in the form of a human-headed were-jaguar seated atop a large half-cob of corn. The conica

A Chavin style blackware vessel with an incised figure. Blackware. 20th century. Peru. 8 1/2" x 6".Condition: Abrasions.Provenance: From the collection of Dr. and Mrs. N. William Wawro.

Pre-Columbian, Chavin / Cupisnique, North Coast of Peru, 1400 to 500 BCE. This is one of my favorite pieces in this auction! A beautiful blackware stirrup vessel with an owl's body forming one half of

TWO CHAVIN BURNISHED BLACKWARE STIRRUP VESSELPeru, Chavin Culture, a bulbous blackware vessel. Height 8.75" and 9.75"

Chavin Stvle Blackware Shell Vessel pottery Vessel. Size 7 1/2 inches high, 5 3/4 inches diameter. Provenance: Estate of David Sheridan, Branchburg, NJ., acquired 1950's . descent to family. Private A

Pre Columbian Cupisnique or Chavin blackware stirrup dimensional vessel. Excellent condition with age cracks see pictures. Measures 6" dia. x 8". Curated by a private collector pre-1970s.

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 1000 to 1350 CE. A striking hand-built blackware pottery vessel on a corseted foot bearing a register of impressed stepped and triangul

10th-3rd century B.C. An elegant and early black ware stirrup vessel with bulbous body, decorated with triangular forms and pecked zones. Cf. Sotheby’s Pre-Columbian Art, New York, May 1985, lots 3

9th-2nd century B.C. A black ware Chavin vase in the form of a gourd with long neck and mottled surface featuring small creatures, possibly representing fish swimming. 684 grams, 22 cm high (8 5/8 in.

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, Chavin, late Cupisnique, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. An exquisite, hand-built pottery vessel featuring a spherical body with a flat base, highly burnished surfaces, and a stir

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1450 CE. A wonderful blackware vessel with an expressive jaguar handle - the wild feline's paws joining neck to shoulder, its arched back adorned wi

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A finely carved and string cut greenstone figure shown in the process of a shamanic transformation into a jaguar with lips protr