Ecuadoran Manteno Incised Pottery Jar, TL Tested

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

**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

Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A gorgeous pottery jar elaborately incised and hand-painted with a pair of massive zebu bulls

Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A hand-built grayware pottery jar of a broad form. The vessel features a ring-shaped foot with dozens of incised notches, a spherical bod

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

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a tall, sizable form with a flat base, a cylindrical body, and a flared shoulder. The body is adorned

East Asia, Japan, Middle Jomon period, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. A large, deep, conical urn made using the coil method, the clay mixed by the woman who made it (women produced all ceramics in this culture

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A large hand-built pottery vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base and flared rim. The cylindrical exterior walls are textured

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2100 BCE. A lovely example of a hand-built pottery vessel of a flat-bottomed form with a slender body, gradually widening shoulders, and a thick rim su

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. A handsome ceramic jar decorated with a dense profusion of abstract zoomorphic/saurian forms o

Southeast Asia, Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), ca. 15th century CE. A massive and marvelous pottery jar presenting a voluminous body, a rounded shoulder, a corseted neck, and a flared rim, all sitting upo

Southeast Asia, Cambodia or Northern Thailand, Khmer Empire (Angkor culture), ca. 12th to 13th century CE. A refined pottery vase boasting an elegant silhouette and intricate impressed and applied dec

**Originally Listed At $600** Southeast Asia, Cambodia or Northern Thailand, Khmer Empire (Angkor culture), ca. 12th to 13th century CE. A refined pottery vase boasting an elegant silhouette and intri

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of sizable form with burnished surfaces, a flat base, a flared rim, and a pair of ring handles. Amlash vesse

Ancient Near East/Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2300 to 1900 BCE. An exquisite, hand-built pottery jar of a massive size with a planar base, a spherical body with

**Originally Listed At $1800** Ancient Near East, Arabian Peninsula, modern-day Oman, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A gorgeous pottery storage urn boasting an immense scale and a robust silhouette. Im

**First Time At Auction** South Asia, Indus Valley, Harrapan/Mohenjo Daro, ca. 2200 to 1800 BCE. A lovely, thin-walled wheel-thrown pottery vessel of a bulbous form on a petite flat foot, finely decor

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely olla displaying a bulbous body with a rounded base, a sloped shoulder, and a narrow mouth, skillfully hand-painted in hues of burnt

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, Phase III, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A very finely crafted pottery stirrup jar - an early version of a beer jar used to hold chicha - mo

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

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base. The exterior walls are adorned by incised paralle

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base. The exterior walls are adorned by incised paralle

Originally listed at $800... Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. A splendid pottery jar presenting a globular body with a rounded shoulder, a corseted neck, and an impre

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a voluminous form with a round but stable base, a compressed spherical body with a central carination, and a tall, flared rim