Chavin Pottery Stirrup Vessel Depicting Duality

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Casa Grande, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 900 BCE. A rare example of a hand-built pottery stirrup vessel depicting a seated shaman smoking a pipe. The detailing on t

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin, ca. 800 to 500 BCE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel depicting a portly figure seated upon the voluminous base. The figure holds both incised arms up tow

Chavin, North Coast Peru, 1200 BC. Elegant Early Man Stirrup Vessel depicting a Sacred Spondylus. 10 3/4" high, 6 1/2" diam. Top rim chips, surface wear. Provenance: H.J. Westermann Coll. Germany.

Chavin, North Coast Peru, 1200 BC, Early Man Stirrup Vessel depicting a musical blow conch, having an incised eye glyph. 8 3/4" high, 5 1/2" x 7". Surface wear. Provenance: H.J. Westermann Coll. Germa

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 600 BCE. A stupendous example of the early monochrome stirrup vessels found in the mountains and river valleys of northern Peru. Characteristic of the Chav

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel of tall form with a bowl-shaped lower body, a detailed upper body shaped like a charming

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, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A hand-built pottery vessel with a planar base, a compressed spherical body, a large, stirrup-shaped handle, and a broad spout with a thic

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 700 to 500 BCE. A fabulous mold-formed pottery stirrup vessel presenting a two-tiered form that resembles a vernacular house known as a chosa coated in a v

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 BCE. A beautiful mold-made earthenware stirrup vessel presenting a circular, rounded base and impressively thin walls that flare outwards to a convex

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

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, Phase V, ca. 600 to 750 CE. A beautiful, hand-built pottery stirrup vessel depicting a highly stylized and attractive portrait of a male, perhaps

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 700 CE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel depicting a pair of elaborate bird warriors. Each avian anthropoid is outfitted with a jagua

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A bichrome pottery stirrup vessel depicting a jaguar with a magnificent coat, replete with lively spotted and linear markings, looking dec

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. An intriguing, hand-built pottery stirrup vessel depicting a seated warrior who wears a conical helmet and large, circular earspool

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase III, ca. 300 to 600 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery stirrup vessel depicting a dignified if not noble man kneeling with hands placed neat

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru, Inca, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery stirrup vessel depicting a cacique (prominent societal elder) in a sea

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. An enticing pottery stirrup vessel depicting Ai Apec - the primary deity of the Moche peoples - standing amongst a plethora of moun

**Originally Listed At $700** Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 700 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery stirrup vessel depicting a seated figure dressed in robe

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 600 CE. Roar! A wonderful pottery stirrup vessel depicting a fierce jaguar with a rippled coat, a long curled tail, an expressive visage comprised of

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin culture, Jequetepeqye-Templadera type, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. One of the more striking examples of ancient pottery I have seen from this region. Brownware stirrup ve

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A large mold-formed ceramic vessel with a flat base, a wide body, an arching stirrup handle, and a bulbous tapering spout with a ro

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

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin-Cupisnique, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. A fine pottery vessel of minimalist form, displaying a globular body, a thick, arched handle, and