Nicoya Incised Pottery Zoomorph Rattle, TL'd

Native American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, ca. 980 to 1380 CE. A stunning handmade pottery jar in mottled hues of grey and brown with spots of creamy white pigment. Sitting on a round yet s

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 1000 BCE. A sizable example of a hand-built brownware pottery vessel featuring intricate, abstract zoomorphic creatures. The vessel presents with a

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Amlash region, Marlik culture, ca. late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery pitcher of broad, apple-shaped form with a petite base and a narrow

Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, Pacific slope opf Guatemala but showing strong Teotihuacan influence, ca, 500 to 700 CE. Large, lovely and very showy example of ancient pottery. Rounded jar in orang

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Salinar culture, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A striking ceramic stirrup vessel with a round body with flattened base, a thick stirrup handle, and a short, flaring spout

**Originally Listed At $1200** Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Salinar culture, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A striking ceramic stirrup vessel with a round body with flattened base, a thick stirrup hand

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A beautiful, hand-built pottery jar presenting a ring-form foot, a bulbous body, a sloped shoulder, and a narrow rim abov

**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A beautiful, hand-built pottery jar presenting a ring-form foot, a bulbous body, a sloped s

Near East, Byzantine Period, ca. 13th century CE. A wonderful ensemble of 5 pottery bowls with beautifully adorned interiors - 4 with liberal remains of pigments and elaborate incised decoration of ab

**Originally Listed At $300** Greece, Cyprus, Middle to Early Late Bronze Age, ca. 2000 to 1550 BCE. A thin, light, and petite pottery handled vessel with a rounded base, thin walls and rim, and a par

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A wonderful pottery rattle jar presenting a spherical body that narrows to an annular rim, all

Pre-Columbian, Guanacaste/Nicoya, Costa Rica, ca. 1 to 800 CE. This is a pottery turtle rattle, molded with stylized features; the head and legs protrude and the shell has a scalloped design. This is

Pre-Columbian Pottery Rattle and Animal-Form Whistle , rattle with incised geometric pattern, dia. 5 in. and whistle, l. 3 in

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery kero (also quero) presenting gorgeous abstract zoomorphic motifs across the elongated piriform body. The vessel features a round but

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, La Tolita (sometimes Tumaco) culture, ca. 350 BCE to 350 CE. A pretty ceramic dish, standing on five bulbous feet that were once rattles. The inte

Pre-Columbian Colima pottery rattle; in the form of a seated figure, the rotund body surmounted by an exaggerated, tall neck and small head with incised and moulded features; circa 2nd Century B.C.; H

Ten (10) Pre-Columbian Nicoya, Costa Rica pottery items, including animal effigy tripod rattle vessels. 1st item: Animal effigy vessel, having a flared rim above a bulbous body with modeled animal mas

**Originally Listed At $1400** Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of voluminous form with a rounded shoulder, a corseted neck, a broad, dramatically fl

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica/Nicaragua, Nicoya Peninsula, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. This is a large pottery urn with a bulbous body, a wide opening at the top, and rounded tripod rattle legs. The body of the

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya, ca. 300 to 800 CE. A fabulous pair of pottery vessels, each displaying a bulbous body, a brief, narrow neck, and an annular rim, all sitting upon 3 tapered l

Pre-Columbian Pottery Tripod Bowl , incised geometric pattern, rattle legs, figural leg, h. 5 3/4 in. note: male figure's hand is detached

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, Phase IV to V, ca. 500 to 850 CE. Both a bit terrifying and comical, a fine example of one of the classic forms of pre-Columbian pottery - the Moche s

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, Protoclassic, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A raised tripod ceramic vessel with incised grater pattern in tondo, intriguingly decorated with lizard-like creatures and g

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec, Monte Alban IIIa, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A rare and fine example of a hand-built pottery vessel containing two conjoined cylindrical tubes with a mutual ba