Pre Columbian Pottery

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, La Tolita (sometimes Tumaco), ca. 350 BCE to 350 CE. A charming hollow-molded pottery figure of a mother and child. Standing upon sturdy legs and broad feet, the ancient woman

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu / Inca, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. Stirrup spout vessel molded in the form of a stylized seabird, with pointed tail, flattened rounded beak, attenuated legs held at the sides of t

Collection of seven items of ancient and pre Columbian pottery. Includes certificates identifying pottery as Tumaco, Tolia, pre Inca, & more. Most purchased at Antiqua in Athens, Greece.

1 1/2" Pre Columbian Pottery Face Effigy Head Mayan Aztec found in South America

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Pacific Slope region, Teotihuacan culture, Escuintla type, Classic Period, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A stunning incensario used to burn copal incense, presented in the form of a Teotih

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A lovely incensario lid used to funnel the smoke from burning copal incense upwards and out of the top. The lid presents a stylized ant

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Aztec Empire, ca. 1400 to 1521 CE. In my career spanning 30+ years this is the first and only authentic example of an Aztec death whistle I have ever held in my hands. Rarer tha

Circa 550-600 A.D. with polychrome painted glyphs on each side, cylinder form 4" diameter x 6 1/4" high. From a late collector who had been collecting since the 1950's.

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Yucatan or Campeche, Mexico, Late Classic, Maya, Chochola style, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A sizeable and extensively carved terracotta vessel presenting a rich displ

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Aztec culture, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A pottery humanoid form that depicts a de-fleshed man with remaining musculature and genitalia. The disembodied head presents with

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A very fine and rare pottery mask from this major power of southern Mexico. Molded mask in typical Teotihuacan triangular form with slit eyes, re

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 150 to 650 CE. A stunning openwork pottery leg of a vessel of rectangular form featuring a central figure, perhaps a priest, standing in a temple. The

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala, ca. 500 to 100 BCE; Antigua Area, Guatemala, Pre-Classic to Classic Maya, ca. 100 to 900 CE; Native American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, ca.

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico and Guatemala, Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A tall, thin cylinder vessel with glyphs and a depiction of standing figures around its body. Each figure dep

An exquisite ancient pre-Columbian pottery figural couple of a man and woman. Manganese deposits throughout. Measures: Private collector, Wilmette, IL. 9.5" tall each,

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera culture, ca. 1000 to 500 BCE. An amusing bi-chrome canteen vessel in cream and brick-red. The vessel has two small lug handles with a spout in the form of an erect and

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A large, impressive incensario, made of terracotta, composed of two pieces, a bo

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera culture, ca. 9th to 4th century BCE. A wonderful functioning human figural whistle, hand-built from terracotta and slipped with white over the body and what might have

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A remarkable pottery stirrup vessel featuring the Andean god Ai Apec as the corn god. Portrayed traditionally with feline eyes and jaguar fangs, the dei

Pre-Columbian, Honduras, Mayan Late Classic, ca. 550 to 850 CE. A tall, hourglass-shaped ceramic cylinder vessel. The body is painted with a glyphoid register seemingly showing human heads speaking ar

A FINE PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY PLATE, MAYAN, LATE CLASSIC PERIOD, 550 A.D. - 950 A.D., with a rounded base and slightly flat rim, centering a highly stylized serpent, the enter twined feather body with

Pre-Columbian, Highland Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 300 to 650 CE. A striking pottery visage from an incensario, presenting captivating facial features such as almond-shaped eyes, one with an obsidian pu

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1300 to 1521 CE. A truly remarkable pottery dish presenting a shallow basin and impressively thin walls that flare outwards to an annular rim, all sitting upon three

Circa 600-900 A.D., cylinder form with polychrome painted decoration, court scene with ruler seated on thrown, glyphs above and below, 6 1/2" diameter x 8 1/4" high. From a late collector who had been