Maya Poison Jars + Disembodied Head, ex-Schmitt

Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 1000 to 200 BCE.; Southern Mexico, Maya, ca. 100 to 900 CE; A fabulous collection of 22 pottery items from ancient Mesoamerican cultures: 16 heads from lar

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An elaborate pottery head of a deity or lord, crowned by a headdress with the h

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Maya, Late Classic, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A fascinating pottery head of a deity - possibly the wind god Huracan or the sun god Kinich Ahau - presenting a tran

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A striking pottery jar adorned with an applied maskette of a deity boasting openwork eyes and a projecting ch

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A mold-formed pottery jar of a broad, inverted piriform body with a convex base, a

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, late Maya / Toltec, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. Two hand-built and highly burnished pottery jars of globular forms, each with flat bases and slightly cylindrical n

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A charming anthropomorphic effigy vessel, the humanoid head forming the flared spout. The prominent ears / nose cou

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A collection of 5 miniature pottery vessels known as "poison jars," all of various forms including an adorabl

Pre-Columbian, Classic Maya, ca. 600 to 900 CE. This is a flaked obsidian eccentric form. Importantly, this item was deaccessioned from the collection of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC. The Mint Mus

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A lovely mold-formed pottery "poison jar" in the form of an adorable monkey. The ro

**Originally Listed At $4000** Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery bowl exquisitely carved with glyphs

**Originally Listed At $4000** Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery bowl exquisitely carved with glyphs

**Originally Listed At $2500** Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, probably Guatemala, late Preclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. A fabulous stone sculpture of a jaguar - an important animal in Mesoameri

**Originally Listed At $6000** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A staggering collection of 39 sizable hand carved greenstone pectoral beads an

**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A trio of mold-made, diminutive pottery jars, of a form known as a "poison" jar. Two have anthropom

Donated By: Donick Cary, Emmy-Award winning writer/producer (Letterman /Simpsons / Parks and Recreation /Silicon Valley) Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A fantas

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mexico or Guatemala, Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A charming example of a molded "poison jar" depicting a seated scribe on one side of its flat

6 1/8" H. Anasazi Dog Head Jar. AZ. Classic shape. Very well made. Some gluing, very little filler. Fine condition. Paint appears original. Ex-Tina Burton and Dan Teubner. 7/25: Corrected description

5" H. Anasazi Dog Head Jar. AZ. Excellent condition. No apparent repair. Original paint in excellent condition. Interesting triangular bowl shape. Ex-Tina Burton and Dan Teubner

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A beautiful, hand-built pottery jar of a sizable form depicting a register of disembodied trophy heads along the carinated midsection. The highly burnish

By J. & E. Stevens Company. Cromwell, Ct. - Circa 1880's. Ex - Alvin Goldstein Collection. Union General Benjamin Butler is satirized as a disembodied human head on the body of a frog because of his i

This ancient relic dates back over 2000 years from approx 200 BCE – 100 CE. Such ancient terracotta heads and figures, such as this one, were originally tops of globular jars and perhaps used a

This ancient relic dates back over 2000 years from approx 200 -500 BC. Ancient terracotta heads were most likely part of larger figures now lost,and some were originally tops of globular jars and perh

Pre-Columbian, Classic Maya, modern day Honduras, ca. 250 to 900 CE. This is a pinkish-white slip painted pottery bowl (on a darker red volcanic clay) with a figure eight design around its body and tw