2023Calima Spouted Vessel Stylized Hut, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Colombia, Calima, Ilama phase, ca. 200 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel in the form of a stylized hut or temple with a petite arched doorway, all surmounted by a pair of conical spouts anSee Sold Price
Sold2016Recuay Cream Slip Portrait Vessel, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Peru, northern coastal region, Recuay, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. Large double-sided canteen vessel depicting a stylized human head. Wide toothy grin, face painted in reddish-brown on a creSee Sold Price
Sold2023Colima Redware Pottery Bird Vessel, Ex Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A charming pottery vessel in the form of a swallow mid-flight with wings widely spread and head lifted at aSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fine Chavin Pottery Vessel w/ Snakes, Ex Arte PrimitivoPre-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 vesselSee Sold Price
Sold2022Maya Pottery Vessel w/ Bird & Snake, Ex Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A fascinating pottery vessel of a tall, cylindrical form with a flat base, smooth walls, a deep basin, and a lightly flareSee Sold Price
Sold2021Lot of Terracotta Vessels c.200-1000 AD.Lot of Terracotta Vessels c.200-1000 AD. Size 2 1/4 - 3 3/4 inches high. Nice lot of miniature terracotta vessels. Ex Private NYC collection, acquired from arte primitivo.See Sold Price
Sold2024Style of Nazca Humanoid Pottery Vase.Style of Nazca Humanoid Pottery Vase. Size 8 inches high, 5 inches widest pint. A figural pottery vessel with strap handle decorated. Not ancient. Ex Arte primitivo.See Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Senufo Female Figure Ex Simmons, Ex Arte PrimitivoA lovely carved wooden female effigy with highly stylized face and form, and a deep well handled surface patina, custom mounted. The statue measures 17.5 inches tall ( 19.25 inches tall on professionaSee Sold Price
Sold2021Rare Wongo Mask Ex Levitt, Ex Komor, Ex Arte PrimitivoA very Rare carved wooden Pende Wongo mask. I highly stylized form with heavy eye lids, strong dramatic, almost cubistic mask, likely a rare example from Southeast of the Pende. The mask measures 15 xSee Sold Price
Sold2023Achaemenid Mottled Stone Bowl, Ex Arte PrimitivoAncient Near East, Achaemenid Empire, ca. 559 to 330 BCE. A stunning bowl, carved from inherently beautiful stone of translucent green and matte gray inclusions. The ancient vessel presents an elegantSee Sold Price
Sold2022Tiahuanaco Double Lobed Vessel with Human HeadTiahuanaco Double Lobed Vessel with Human Head. Size 10 inches length, 6 5.8 inches high. Ex. private collection of a California attorney, ex. Arte Primitivo, auction 75, lot 314, ex. Private CA. collSee Sold Price
Sold2023Nazca Wood, Ivory, & Copper Atl Atl, Ex Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A wonderful hand-carved wooden atl atl (also atlatl, atl-atl) or spear thrower of a rod-shaped form with an ivory finial at one end and a copSee Sold Price
Sold2022Large Tlatilco Pottery Female Figure, Ex Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 200 BCE. An exemplary hand-built pottery sculpture of a standing female presenting bulbous legs, wide hips, petite breaSee Sold Price
Sold2015Anatolian Kilia Stargazer Head, ex-Arte PrimitivoAnatolia, Cycladic, western Turkey, ca. 2500 BCE. A carved white marble stargazer, with faint nose and neck. Marble is off white in color with some tan. Size: 1-3/8"H. Provenance: Ex-Arte Primitivo GSee Sold Price
Sold2017Huge Etruscan Brazier Animal Frieze, ex-Arte PrimitivoItaly, Etruscan culture, ca. 768 to 264 BCE. A huge pottery brazier, round in form, with the clay a deep red color and signs of use. Twin rings around the rim have been stamped using a cylinder stampSee Sold Price
Sold2024Mayan Jaguar head Tenon - Ex-Arte PrimitivoMayan 500-800BC Massive fanged jaguar head tenon carved in dark gray volcanic stone. Coiled tongue with remnants of red cinnabar pigment - measures15.5" x 6.5" x 7"See Sold Price
Sold2021Maya Polychrome Jar w/ Dignitaries, ex-Arte Primitivo**Originally Listed At $3500** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 850 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of an elegant form with a flat base, a carinated loweSee Sold Price
Sold2016Framed Egyptian Cartonnage Section, ex-Arte PrimitivoEgypt, Late Period, Ptolemaic period, ca. 300 to 30 BCE. Openwork cartonnage aegis collar breast plate and vertical column register. Painted gesso surface in blue and red on a white ground with some bSee Sold Price
Sold2017Rare Colima Pottery Warrior, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A tall, hollow-cast redware terracotta warrior figure with a nicely burnished surface. The male warrior is hunched over, standing on two broaSee Sold Price
Sold2020Ancient Egyptian Wooden FigureEgypt, ca. 1800 BC. A sizeable wooden figure of a striding man, perhaps originating from a large model boat. Custom base. Ex: Arte primitivo, NYC. MEASUREMENTS Height including base: 9 inches / 23 cmSee Sold Price
Sold2015Colima Spouted Reclinatorio Vessel, Stylized BirdPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Protoclassic, ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE. Burnished pottery headrest finely modeled with an avian figure with arms/wings extended, the vessel resting on its splayed tail and spouSee Sold Price
Sold2018Greek Attic Terracotta Vessel - Standing Woman, ex-ArteGreece, Athens (Attica), ca. 6th to 5th century CE. A gorgeous vessel in the form of a standing woman. Her slender, youthful body, draped artistically in a himation, forms the cavity of the vessel, shSee Sold Price
Sold2021Ancient Cypriot Pottery Jug c.1000 BC.Ancient Cypriot Pottery Jug c.1000 BC. Size 10 1/2 inches high. Attractive white pottery Jug decorated in red and brown lines with circle design. Provenance: Ex NYC acquired Arte PrimitivoSee Sold Price
Sold2020Group Pre-Columbian effigy vessels and figureGroup Pre-Columbian effigy vessels and figure, Likely ancient, (7) pieces, incl. a double spouted earthenware pottery vessel in stylized bird form, with incised decoration, a triple bird form redwareSee Sold Price
May 23Freeman's | HindmanAn Egyptian Limestone Relief Fragment Depicting an Attendant Wearing a Head-Cone$1,000