Rare Chavin Pottery Janus Head Vessel -Jaguar & Serpent

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, Chavin, late Cupisnique, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. An exquisite, hand-built pottery vessel featuring a spherical body with a flat base, highly burnished surfaces, and a stir

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-built and modeled bichrome pottery trumpet depicting a ferocious, open-mouthed jaguar head bearing sharp fangs and staring ahead with

Moche, North Coast Peru. 400 AD. Rare Janus Faced Stirrup Vessel depicting two faces of a Shaman in Transformation to a Jaguar (note fangs), having two actual jaguar faces on the reverse. 10 1/4" high

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. I love this guy! A hollow pottery vessel in the form of a jaguar with a large conical spout on its back. The jaguar has an open, snarling mou

Chimu Style Blackware Jaguar Head pottery Vessel c.800-1200 AD. Size 8 inches high, 6 1/4 inches wide. Provenance: Estate of David Sheridan, Branchburg, NJ., acquired 1950's . descent to family. Priva

Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Nazca (Nasca), 300 to 700 CE. This is a stirrup vessel with two small spouts and a wide strap handle. The body of the vessel is covered in colorful painted depictions of

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin-Cupisnique, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A sizable example of a hand-built pottery stirrup vessel exhibiting a planar base, an apple-shaped body with a rounded shoul

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. This is an incredible hand-built pottery vessel that is molded with raised serpents on the midsection. The deep umber brown vessel

Tairona, Colombia, 1000 AD. Picasso Like Janus Head Crocodile Vessel, depicting two small crocodile pups on either side in a maze of glyphs. A most impressive sculpture! 4 1/4" high, 12 1/2" x 7 1/2".

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, ca. 500 BCE to 100 CE. Very rare pottery chalice from the Gungala region. Shallow bowl sits atop a a flared foot, a human head in high relief on two sideswith coffee bean eyes,

Large Ancient Amlash Pottery Animal Vessel c.1st Millenium BC. size 8 3/4 inches high. Rare Large Hollow Pottery Vessel with Animal head. Condition: Animal neck repaired otherwise perfect. Provenance:

Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A fascinating and incredibly rare figural ceramic vessel in the form of a shaman holding serpents. The figure wears a dramatic, conical

**Originally Listed At $750** Pre-Columbian, Central/North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A fine example of a hand-built pottery stirrup vessel featuring fineline painted motifs and a

Greek South Italic Colonies, Italy, Daunia, ca. 300 BCE. A tall, round vessel with a bat finial on its large handle and a wide, flat rim. Daunian society was a mixture of native Italians and Greeks wh

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A delightful pottery vessel boasting a unique, organic form of 4 bulbous nodes surmounted by 4 high crests, each incised with st

Pre-Columbian Greater Nicoya pottery vessel with protruding jaguar head, Costa Rica, circa 800-1200 CE, natural pigment-decorated with madder red and black, the dun-colored gourd-shaped body and flari

Pre-Columbian Greater Nicoya pottery vessel with protruding jaguar head, Costa Rica, circa 800-1200 CE, natural pigment-decorated with madder red and black, the red clay gourd-shaped body and flaring

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, northern Veracruz region, Huastec culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A rare, hand-built pottery vessel depicting 2 abstract heads, 1 of whic

Greece, Cyprus, Archaic Period, ca. 8th to 7th century BCE. A bichrome pottery vessel of an intriguing form, its round body with corsetted shoulder and lower section standing on three looped feet, wit

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche / Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. A pottery jar with a human head with low relief facial features forming the bottle neck, and both sid

Pre-Columbian Pottery Assortment (15) items including an Incan polychrome handled vessel having a jaguar head; a Colima jar having protruding head and tail of a dog; a Mexican bowl supported by addors

Fragment from a larger vessel however this example depicts a detailed jaguar head or perhaps quetzalcoatl. Los Angeles Estate Collection.

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A gorgeous example of a pottery stirrup vessel depicting the head of a fierce jaguar. Presented in hues of citrine, burnt sienna, c

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Amazon Rainforest, Maranon River, Chavin Maranon, ca. 1500 to 1200 BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel depicting a highly stylized shaman as he transforms into t