Calima Ilama Pottery Figural Alcarraza, TL Tested

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Valle Del Cauca, Calima culture, Ilama phase, ca. 600 to 200 BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery alcarraza vessel covered in red slip and exhibiting an intriguing a

East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A striking mold-made ceramic figural lamp, made to be placed in a tomb and glazed with a thick, pale blue pigment that coats almost the entirety o

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A hand-built and impressively well-preserved stirrup vessel presenting a dignified male figure seated wit

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, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque) culture, ca. 500 CE. A remarkable pottery figural whistle shown standing with bulbous legs and short arms that fall from square shoulders. The stylized

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A mold-formed pottery figural trumpet mold depicting a regal figure standing atop broad feet while holding a spear and shield in one hand

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Calima zone, Valle Del Cauca, Ilama phase, ca. 800 BCE to 100 BCE. A stunning brown-slipped double bridge spout vessel with a near spherical globular body that is elaborately

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Valle Del Cauca, Calima culture, Ilama Phase, ca. 400 BCE to 200 CE. A hand-built redware pottery stirrup vessel of a bulbous form depicting an abstract avian dove. The vessel

Northern Qi Painted Pottery Horse, TL tested Shown standing on a rectangular base and richly arrayed in finely detailed trappings including a wrapped plume between the pricked ears, a double fringe-hu

Ca. 618-907 AD. An elegant pair of terracotta statues, each depicting an oxen lying down, with its tail flicked over its haunches and one foreleg extended as though about to rise. The animals are care

Circa 202 BC-220 ADAn elegant and large grey earthenware Han Dynasty figure of a dancer. The clothing is typical, comprising a flowing, long-sleeved robe, and shoes just visible under the folds of the

Circa 202 BC-220 ADAn elegant and large grey earthenware Han Dynasty figure of a dancer. The clothing is typical, comprising a flowing, long-sleeved robe, and shoes just visible under the folds of the

Circa 202 BC-220 ADAn elegant and large grey earthenware Han Dynasty figure of a dancer. The clothing is typical, comprising a flowing, long-sleeved robe, and shoes just visible under the folds of the

Size: L34cm,H32cm;

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a tall, sizable form with a flat base, a cylindrical body, and a flared shoulder. The body is adorned

East Asia, Japan, Middle Jomon period, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. A large, deep, conical urn made using the coil method, the clay mixed by the woman who made it (women produced all ceramics in this culture

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A large hand-built pottery vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base and flared rim. The cylindrical exterior walls are textured

East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A beautiful mold-made ceramic camel, standing on an integral rectangular base, the surface glazed in the characteristic brown, green, and ochre yello

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery pitcher of sizable form with an apple-shaped body, a loop handle, a sq

East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A large and skillfully mold-made pottery horse standing upon an integral plinth, with back legs slightly bent, head turned ever so slightly to the le

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2100 BCE. A lovely example of a hand-built pottery vessel of a flat-bottomed form with a slender body, gradually widening shoulders, and a thick rim su

Native American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, ca. 980 to 1380 CE. A stunning handmade pottery jar in mottled hues of grey and brown with spots of creamy white pigment. Sitting on a round yet s

East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A large redware pottery horse on an integral plinth, standing with back legs slightly bent, head turned ever so slightly to the left, mouth open with

Far East, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A fine terracotta mold-made horse covered in original white slip from the Tang Dynasty, most likely a funerary object of strong symbolic import, as th