A Lucuma Fruit Vessel: Double-Spout-and-Bridge Effigy Bottle, Peru, Late Nasca, 300-600 CE

A Lucuma Fruit Vessel: Double-Spout-and-Bridge Effigy Bottle, Peru, Late Nasca, 300-600 CE Two joined lucuma fruits decorated with painted star-like elements (probably a representation of the masks us

An Achira Tuber Vessel: Double-Spout-and-Bridge Effigy Bottle, Peru, Late Nasca, 300-600 CE The head of the man has fifteen holes in the back and in the face serving as the acoustic chamber of the whi

A Double Spout-and-Bridge Animal Effigy Vessel, Late Nasca, Peru, 300-600 CE Probably a very rare representation of a small-eared zorro with a small animal in its mouth. Height: 15.8 cm For more det

A Double Spout-and-Bridge Vessel with Painted Mythological Deity Effigy, Late Nasca, Peru, 300-600 CE Height: 17 cm Provenance: Kemper Collection, Switzerland. Donated to "The Museum of Islamic

A Large Bottle with Depictions of the Anthropomorphic Mythical Being, Late Nasca, Peru, 300-600 CE A double spout and bridge bottle ornamented with two highly stylized and similar depictions the Anthr

A Four-Chambered Double Spout-and-Bridge Bottle, Nasca, Peru, 100-600 CE Height: 11.6 cm Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman b

A Double Spout-and-Bridge Bottle with Painted Frogs, Peru, Late Early Nasca, 1-200 CE Frogs (adult and tadpoles) were strongly associated with water. Their appearance in the river valleys was likely s

A Spouted Bottle Depicting a Seated Male Figure, Late Nasca, Peru, 300-600 CE Spouted effigy bottle representing a man with legs crossed and hands resting on his abdomen. Only his face is rendered in

A Double Spout-and-Bridge Bottle with a Depiction of Two Horrible Birds, Middle Nasca, Peru, 200-300 CE The bottle painted with two depictions of mythical bird creatures decorated with trophy heads re

A Double Spout-and-Bridge Bottle Ornamented with a Mythological Parrot Effigy, Nasca, Peru, 100 BCE -800 CE Height: 19.2 cm Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switze

A Spout-and-Bridge Effigy Bottle: Warrior, Early Nasca, Peru, 1-200 CE Depicting a standing male holding arrows in this right hand and a spear thrower and mace in his left hand. The warrior is depicte

A Double Spout-and-Bridge Bottle with Mythical Killer Whales, Early Nasca, Peru, 1-200 CE Height: 14.3 cm For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 147, p. 155 (

A Double Spout-and-Bridge Bottle Showing a Mythical Being with a Feline Mouth, Early Nasca, Peru, 1-200 CE Height: 17 cm For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 14

A Nasca double spout vessel with painted centipede monster. Pottery, pigment. Circa 100 CE to 300 CE. With mount: 8 1/4" x 6 1/4".Condition: Abrasions, loss of pigment. Includes black circular mount.P

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Classic "Portrait Vessel", Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE The man represented in the vessel has an elaborate cloth headdress decorated with geometrical motifs. His has and

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Vicus, ca. 300 to 500 CE. Globular bodied vessel in deep brick red, adorned with twin erect phalluses, bridge spout between. Each phallus is molded with great accur

Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Huari / Wari culture but showing strong Moche influence., ca. 600 to 800 CE. Double-lobed vessel with wide bridge handle and pointed spout in the form of a mother giving

An Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Monkey, Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE Height: 22.2 cm For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 173, p. 158 (

A Stirrup Spout Effigy Bottle: A Condor, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Representation of a condor, the biggest flying bird of the region, considered the lord of the air and one of the major spirits of

A Stirup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Owl, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Effigy bottle with a depiction of a stranding barn owl. This mysterious nocturnal bird of prey, frequently shown in Moche art, was prob

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Human Skull, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Skeletal figures were frequently depicted in Moche art. They represented the "living dead" who appeared in various r

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: A Rat Gnawing Maize Cob, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE The iconographical theme of a rat gnawing a maize cob is very ancient and probably related to harvest rituals. He

An Effigy Bottle: Standing Man with a Big Chicha Storage Jar, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Spout-and-handle effigy bottle with a representation of a well-dressed standing male tasting or drinking chi

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An adorable and quite large seated Colima dog vessel with a flared spout emerging from its forehead. This most famous class of Colima artifac