Sold2015Tarascan Polychrome Olla - Squash Form, ex-Lupita TovarPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Cora Indian/Tarascan, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A beautiful polychromed terracotta olla in the lobed form of a squash or gourd, adorned with striations of orange, redSee Sold Price
Sold2021Pre-Columbian Nayarit VesselWestern Mexico, 2nd-4th century AD. Nayarit (Chinesco) squash-form vessel taking the form of a woman carrying a basket. Much paint remains. An evocative example. MEASUREMENTS Height: 6 1/2 inches / 16See Sold Price
Sold2015Large Mayan Rounded OllaPre-Columbian, most likely El Salvador, ca. 550 to 800 CE. Large Mayan storage jar in rounded form with short neck and flared rim. Vessel painted in red over tan in wave and vertical stripe motif. SizSee Sold Price
Sold2023Colima Redware Olla w/ Cactus PaddlesPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 150 BCE to 250 CE. An attractive pottery olla featuring a traditional squash form with a broad body comprised of 8 protruding phytomorphic knobs likely intendedSee Sold Price
Sold2022Nayarit Ixtlan Del Rio Polychrome Olla, Gourd ShapePre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan Del Rio type, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery jar of a bulbous form that resembles a gourd. Presented in hues of red, orangSee Sold Price
Sold2018Large / Elegant Nayarit Polychrome Olla**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built, finely decorated globular vessel, its elegantly curved walls painted with three registers of repSee Sold Price
Sold2018PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERYNayarit Large Redware Olla (ca. 100 AD - 300 AD) West Mexico, in tapered bulbous shape with rounded bottom, small opening with flared collar, 13 3/4" x 11 1/2" diam. Some loss to rim, surface abrasionSee Sold Price
Sold2017Nayarit Terracotta Kneeling Pregnant Female FigurePre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A large ceramic figure from the West Mexican shaft tomb tradition, in the form of a kneeling pregnant woman. She has prominent breasts and gSee Sold Price
Sold2017Attractive Nayarit Pottery Female on StoolPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A female bichrome terracotta figure perched upon a stool, the hollow form with a characteristically oversized hammer-shaped head, large earsSee Sold Price
Sold2015Nayarit Terracotta Seated Figure Playing a RaspPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixlan Del Rio ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. This is a large seated pottery figure playing a rasp. The figure wears a wide banded headdress and has a crescent form nose riSee Sold Price
Sold2016Large / Ornately Decorated Maya Copador BowlPre-Columbian Mayan Territories, El Salvador / Honduras, Late Classic Period ca. 550 to 900 CE. A Mayan Copador polychrome olla of a rounded form with corsetted upper walls resolving to an open rim, fSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mayan Pottery Squat Olla in Rotund Human Form**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Mayan Territories, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A large olla with a squat composition depicting a rotund anthropSee Sold Price
Sold2016Large Intact Chancay Polychrome OllaPre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. This is a really fine polychrome olla in the form of an egg-shaped figure of indeterminate sex. What makes this figure particularly notable iSee Sold Price
Sold2017Large / Fine Casas Grandes Ramos Polychrome VesselPre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Casas Grandes, Ramos, ca. 1100 to 1200 CE. A skillfully coil-made and hand-painted polychrome Casas Grandes pottery olla, its elegant form comprised of a large bulbous,See Sold Price
Sold2016Large/Rare Tairona Pottery Urn - Human FormPre-Columbian, Colombia / Venezuela, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Large pottery urn or olla in human form. Large bulbous base with large single handle,, human head atop with coffee-bean eyes aSee Sold Price
Sold2022Casas Grandes Paquime Polychrome OllaPre-Columbian, Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes (Paquime) culture, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery olla of round-bottomed form with a large piriform body, a slopeSee Sold Price
Sold2018Colima Redware Gadrooned Olla w/ Parrot LegsPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel of a vermillion hue in the form of a wide, voluminous squash with a body that is stylisticallSee Sold Price
Sold2017Large / Fine Colima Pottery Gadrooned JarPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An attractive pottery vessel in the form of a wide, voluminous squash with a body that is stylistically segmented with smooth, fine verticalSee Sold Price
Sold2016Costa Rican Terracotta Incensario - Coati HeadPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A ceramic incensario of a fabulous form, resembling a large, globular, round bottomed olla with a petite animorphic head on one side, remSee Sold Price
Sold2017Chancay Bi-chrome Olla - Geometric DecorationPre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. An egg-shaped bi-chrome pottery bottle with a cup-shaped spout, a short convex neck with a pair of ear-like applied forms, a large ovoiSee Sold Price
Sold2022Large Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Seated FigureLarge Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery Seated Figure Holding Twins. Rare depiction of a warrior father holding bundled twin babies in his arms. Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, PhiladelphiSee Sold Price
Sold2015Large Pre-columbian Nayarit Seated FigurePre-columbian Nayarit Figure from West Mexico, ca. 100 B.C.-250 A.D. San Sebastian type supported on a two-legged bench with hands held to his side. Decorated with a nose ring, earrings and necklace.See Sold Price
Sold2021Large Pre-Columbian Nayarit WarriorMexico, ca. 200 BC - 300 AD. Imposing, yet sensitively rendered Nayarit terracotta figure of a warrior. Purchased at Rex Arrowsmith's in Santa Fe, NM in 1972. Lot including original certificate of autSee Sold Price
Sold2022Pre-Columbian Nayarit San Sebastian Seated FigureLarge pre-Columbian Nayarit San Sebastian seated figure. The figure is seated on a two footed stool with one arm covering the mouth and the other arm resting along the figure's side. The figure is depSee Sold Price