Rare Chavin Maranon Redware Vessel Lobster / Crayfish

Pre-Columbian, Peru (Ecuador border), Chavin Maranon, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A charming ceramic vessel depicting a lobster or crayfish found in the Maranon Jungle, a region far from the ocean. The crusta

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

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin Maranon, ca. 800 BCE. A fabulous pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a shaman in the act of intensely spiritual act of transformation into an animal with an extending sno

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built redware pottery sculpture of an incredibly rare form composed of two emaciated canines that are conjoined a

**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, Guanajuato Valley, Mexico, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. Rare pottery jar decorated in deep brick red slip and painted with three rows of black stepped diamond patterns. Slightly rolled rim with

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly-burnished pottery vessel of a large form with a rounded base, a wide, tapering body with two projecting elements, and

A rare Chavin-Cupisnique stone vessel from Peru, ca. 800 - 200 BC. It is 3-7/8 in. wide, 2-5/8 in. high, is carved from highly polished, colorful stone and features four human heads facing outward fro

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Jequetepeque River region, Chavin culture, Tembladera phase, ca. 1200 to 1000 BCE. A fabulous ceramic vessel depicting two fisherman sitting atop a pair of cylindrical

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A beautiful hand-built pottery turtle vessel with a highly-burnished surface, lustrous red slip coating, and wonderful z

Rare Pre-Columbian Colima Redware Otter Effigy Vessel. Depicted on his back, paws up and mouth agape. Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia. Size: 4.25'' x 9'' x 4'' (11 x 23 x

Colima Style Lobster Vessel. Size 20 inches length. Large redware pottery figural lobster vessel having a short center spout. Tri-pointed snout, small applied eyes and two small pincher claws. Long se

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A fantastical mold-made pottery open vessel in the form of a clawed crustacean! The lobster, perhaps a langostino crab, is crouching

Pre-Columbian, Peru (Ecuador border), Chavin Maranon, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A fascinating pottery bottle boasting a unique, abstract form resembling a spondylus shell or sea urchin, with a round yet sta

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A delightful sculptural vessel in traditional dog form but with 2 heads and 2 tails, their faces caught in a playful expression as they share

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built redware pottery sculpture of an incredibly rare form composed of two emaciated canines that are conjoined a

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A wonderful handmade pottery vessel exhibiting a rare figural form with a bulbous body, a narrow neck, and a wide, flare

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, Ecuador, Chorrera, ca. 1000 BCE. One of the most endearing and cleverly executed figural vessels we have handled in a while, the base a redware box incised with stylized geometric glyph

RUPERT CARABIN (1862 - 1932);Fine and rare lidded glazed earthenware vessel, "Femme et Coloquinte," France, ca. 1900; Stamped artist cipher 92; 5" x 5 1/2";Provenance: Private collection, New Jersey

(1904-2001, Santa Clara Pueblo) Incised signature with pencil to underside: Maraget Tafoya The redware pottery jar with burnished slip glaze and deep carved Avanyu serpent pattern to the shoulder 9

Ancient Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Large Redware Vessel Ca. 3500 B.C. Size 10 inches high, 5 1/2 inches diameter. Large red-brown, bullet form vessel, having a thick walled, hand coiled body, with a small,

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. An incredibly rare carved anthracite box held together with cotton cords and inlaid with greenstone discs. The panels are all bored th

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