Colima Pottery Janiform Tlaloc Incensario, Ex-Arte

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 150 BCE to 200 CE. An exemplary pottery incensario featuring the fantastical janiform figure of Tlaloc, the Aztec rain deity of lightn

A Colima janiform incensario of the God Tlaloc presented with a serpent headdress. Pottery, pigment. 200 BCE to 250 CE. West Mexico. 14" x 8". Condition: Abrasions, pigment loss, small cracks, and rep

Pre-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 broa

**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 a

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A redware pottery saucer olla with a carinated body and a flared rim. The highly burnished surfaces are covered in russe

**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 s

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An adorable pottery incensario lid in the form of an abstract zoomorph resembling an armadillo. Standing atop a quartet of nubbin legs, the a

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A tall, striking incensario depicting a double-headed anthropomorphic figure attended by a variety of serpent and lizard-like beings. The fig

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Pacific Slope region, Teotihuacan culture, Escuintla type, Classic Period, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A stunning incensario used to burn copal incense, presented in the form of a Teotih

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A large, impressive incensario, made of terracotta, composed of two pieces, a bo

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine set of 2 matching incensario lids, each hand-built from red-hued pottery, depicting an abstract zoomorphic creature similar to an arma

Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. An attractive kylix presenting a classic form and a beautiful decorative program arrived at via fugitive peachy-pink pigment. The tond

Pre-Columbian pottery figural incensario, ex-Komor, Possibly 600-800 CE, Mexico, likely Zapotec culture, molded ceramic with trace paint pigment, the incense burner in the form of a seated male Deity

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An impressive burnished redware depiction of a shaman warrior child - seated in a striking pose. One hand is raised high behind his head secu

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 200 BCE. An exemplary hand-built pottery sculpture of a standing female presenting bulbous legs, wide hips, petite brea

Pre-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 predators

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. One of the most fabulous Colima acrobat vessels we have ever seen! Quite a contortionist, this gent stands on his hands with his legs

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque) culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A fabulous pottery effigy of a woman shown bare-chested with lavish adornments and an elabora

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Rio Balsas, Mixtec, ca. 1250 CE and Colima, West Mexico ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. Two fine pottery bowls from Mexico. First is a lovely, decorated Mixtec bowl with painted scroll /

Pre-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 vessel

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**Originally Listed At $1200** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built redware pottery vessel of a rather unusual form. When gripped at the neck and held upside down, t

Pre-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 flare

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE; Mexico, Rio Balsas, Mixtec, ca. 1250 CE. Two pottery vessels from Mexico. First is a lovely, decorated Mixtec bowl with painted scroll and wa