Sold2017Rare Aztec Polychrome Pottery Flute w/ CoyotePre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec Empire, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A rare and beautiful musical instrument. With four finger holes, a narrow blowing hole, and a flared, conical opening end, this inSee Sold Price
Sold2023Rare Aztec Polychrome Pottery Flute UilacapitztliFor your consideration this lot includes a Rare Aztec Polychrome Pottery Flute Uilacapitztli, circa 1300 - 1500 C.E. A human effigy decoration is sculptured near the mouthpiece, with two flanges belowSee Sold Price
Sold2024Rare Pre-Columbian Aztec pottery flutePre-Columbian Flute with avian theme, Aztec, Valley of Mexico, CE 1345-1521, buff earthenware with deep red paint. The four hole flute with a long beaked avian theme, made for ritual purpose and in veSee Sold Price
Sold2017Columbian Narino Pottery Olla w/ Negative Resist**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Colombia / Ecuador border region, Carchi-Narino, Capuli Complex, ca. 850 to 1500 CE. Relatively rare large polychrome olla with rounded base and slightly fSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Tripod Vessel with FlutistAtlantic Watershed Zone, Ticaban Period IV, Ca. 1 to 500 AD.Unique and rare style for a ritual vessel. The small central bowl is raised up by three standing figural legs, one playing a flute. They havSee Sold Price
Sold2022Rare Maya Polychrome Bowl w/ Seated Figure - King?Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery bowl of squat, carinated form decorated with polychrome pigment. WiSee Sold Price
Sold2015Inca Pottery Pan Flute, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1500 CE. Rare votive offering of a set of pan pipes, done in clay. Working tubes connected by wide band, custom stand. Rare and nice! Size: 3"H x 3-1/2"W not including cSee Sold Price
Sold2022Rare Maya Dedalos Polychrome Cylinder w/ Cacao TreePre-Columbian, Honduras, Maya, Ulua Valley, Dedalos type, early classic Ulua I period, ca. 450 to 550 CE. A hand-built pottery cylinder vase decorated with 3 human figures kneeling among fruitful cacaSee Sold Price
Sold2023Rookwood Pottery, Rare trivet with falconerRookwood Pottery Rare production trivet with falconer and falcon USA, 1940polychrome-glazed porcelain 5.875 h x 5.875 w x .75 d in (15 x 15 x 2 cm) This trivet was designed by an unidentifiedSee Sold Price
Sold2018Rare Aztec Polychrome Duck Effigy VesselPre-Columbian, Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. "Quack, quack. Waddle, waddle!" - An endearing and cleverly composed bichrome terracotta duck effigy vessel - the body of the vessel is orange and neSee Sold Price
Sold2017Rare Aztec Pottery Roundel Section - Abstract Design**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A large mold-made terracotta roundel section with a flat base, a recessed center, and a raised rim. The interior ofSee Sold Price
Sold2021Lot of 4 Colima Pottery Flutes w/ Resin StopperPre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A marvelous group of four hand-built pottery flutes, each boasting a long, cylindrical form with a tapered mouthpiece. First, the longestSee Sold Price
Sold2021Rare Aztec Terracotta Coyote Head FragmentPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Aztec culture, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. An amazing and rare terracotta head fragment of an animated coyote with a toothy grin! The head is hand-built with a hollow interioSee Sold Price
Sold2024Maya Copador Polychrome Pottery Cylinder w/ FiguresPre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built pottery cylinder of tall form with a gently swollen midsection and a planar base. The sSee Sold Price
Sold2021Nazca Polychrome Pottery Vessel w/ Faces, ex-MuseumPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a spherical form with a series of intricate, abstract faces presented in hues of burgundy, lavender, tangerineSee Sold Price
Sold2021Nazca Polychrome Pottery Jar w/ Trophy HeadsPre-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 burnishSee Sold Price
Sold2023Indus Valley Polychrome Pottery Jar w/ Fish Motif**First Time At Auction** Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of apple-shaped form with a planar base, a rounded shouSee Sold Price
Sold2016Attractive Nazca Polychrome Pottery Bowl w/ SnakesPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 250 BCE to 125 CE. An impressive, round bottomed polychrome terracotta olla with a collared rim. The iconographic program features a wide register of four sSee Sold Price
Sold2023Moche Polychrome Pottery Vessel w/ LizardsPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase II, ca. 350 to 500 CE. An attractive, hand-built pottery stirrup vessel of spherical form adorned with brick-red pigment atop a cream-hued ground. SittingSee Sold Price
Sold2021Nazca Polychrome Pottery Vessel w/ Trophy Heads**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 1 to 700 CE. A vibrant hand-built earthenware olla of a round-bottomed piriform shape, extensively decorated with a mesmerizing reSee Sold Price
Sold2019Fine Tiahuanaco Polychrome Pottery Kero w/ Birds**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A beautiful, hand-built, and highly-burnished ceramic kero with a planar base, tall walls that gSee Sold Price
Sold2021Fine Aztec Pottery Stamp w/ Eagle**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A mold-pressed stamp seal of an ovoid form with a pinched tab-shaped handle on the verso. The stamp face displaysSee Sold Price
Sold2023Nazca Polychrome Pottery Kero w/ Trophy Heads**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, South Coast of Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery drinking vessel known as a kero (also quero) with a band of coSee Sold Price
Sold2021Nazca Polychrome Pottery Jar w/ Birds & CrustaceanPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a round-bottomed form with a flared rim and a globular body. The highly burnished exterior displays a register ofSee Sold Price
May 29Carlo Bonte AuctionsA rare commercial polychrome earthenware plaquette of the Caesens pottery manufactory, Courtrai, ca.€900