Ancient African Bura Pottery Head w/ TL Test

Africa, Niger and Burkina Faso, Bura, ca. 300 to 800 CE. Among the oldest terracotta sculpture from Sub-Saharan Africa, a characteristically hollow Bura head with a beguiling countenance. Although eve

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of a tall and slender form exhibiting fine patterning and ancient charm. The vessel presents with a planar base, a c

East Asia, Japan, Middle Jomon period, ca. 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE, most likely about 4,500 years old. A sizeable, hand-built terracotta vessel of an elegant form with a flat base, a gently tapering body

**Originally Listed At $200** Africa, Niger River Valley, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A hand-built terracotta figure of an abstract form, presenting a cylindrical body and pi

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 1580 BCE. A charming hand-built pottery effigy of a bird with its wing's outstretched upon a pedestal with a flared base. The bird is simply de

Shantung Province, China, Longshan Culture, ca. 2600-2000 BC. An elegant tripod ewer with mammiform legs and an upraised beak spout, rope decoration encircling the body. Oxford TL test (documentation

East Asia, Japan, Jomon Period, ca. 14,000 to 300 BCE, coming with a TL Report showing it was fired/ produced around 4,000 years ago. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form wi

Near East, Persia (Iran and Turkey), Kashan or Nishapur, Medieval Period, ca. 1200 CE. A gorgeous pottery pitcher resting on a ring foot and covered in bright, turquoise blue glaze. The pitcher is mol

Native American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, ca. 900 to 1300 CE. A gorgeous coil-formed Bell Plain pottery jar boasting a tiered and rounded base, a globular body, and a broad neck that stret

Southeast Asia, Northeastern Thailand, late Ban Chiang culture, ca. 200 CE. An elegant pottery jar of minimalist form comprised of a bulbous body, a corseted neck, and a flared spout. The red clay ext

Near East / Western Asia, Persia (Iran), Nishapur area, ca. 9th century or slightly later CE. An early example of Nishapur's ground breaking pottery, a pitcher with a white ground and black fine line

Africa, Mali / Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with incised slit eyes and mouth, small modeled ears, a

Ca. 11th-15th. Age appropriate wear on what is a fragment of a larger figurine, see photos. Ex-Nooter

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A tall orange-hued terracotta vessel with a large flared body resting upon a solid rin

Africa, Mali / Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with pierced eyes and a slit mouth, a slightly raised no

Africa, Mali/Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with coffee bean shaped eyes and mouth, the right ear deli

Lot of 4 Ancient Africa Bura Terracotta Heads c.3rd - 11th century AD. Size 5 1/4 - 6 3/4 inches high. Fine collection of 4 heads fragments from full statues. From a private New York City estate 1980'

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, Phase V, ca. 600 to 750 CE. A mold-formed stirrup vessel featuring a flat base and bulbous body depicting a charming frog, perhaps a toad, with a curious look on its face.

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Anatolia, ca. late 2nd millennium BCE. A mold-formed pottery bull head that was intentionally created in multiple pieces. Each horn has a recessed cavi

An Ancient Bura Culture Terracotta Head, Niger, Africa. Dating from Circa 3rd to 11th century. Provenance: The Dr. Brian Healy estate, New York. Size: 6'' x 3.5'' x 3.25'' (15 x 9 x 8 cm).

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A wonderful pottery trumpet with an anthropomorphic figure forming the bell. The trumpet is hand built from a red terracotta and painted with

**Originally Listed At $600** Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization era, ca. 2600 BCE. This is a fine anthropomorphic head, hand molded with a dark gray nearly black hue. Th

Pre-Columbian, Central/North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 600 CE. A handsome, mold-made figural stirrup vessel in the form of an owl with a well-executed minimalist motif painted in alterna

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A beautiful gourd-shaped stirrup vessel in varying shades of russet and burgundy red. The vessel is set on a flat bottom and features