Chavin Stone Drug Mortar - Incised Motifs

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Jequetepeque district, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A grey stone mortar used for grinding hallucinogenic drugs. The mortar is in the form of a square with a

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. Very fine stone cup or mortar, probably used for hallucinogenic drugs, from one of the earliest and most artistically advanced cultures of

**Originally Listed At $1200** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A charming and rare example of a lemon-carro stone mortar in the form of an armadillo, one half of a mortar

Pre-columbian Chavin incised stone mortar from the North Coast of Peru, ca. 900-500 BCE. hand-carved from mottled brown stone showing several toothy grimace mythological heads. 3 3/8" height, 5" diame

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A beautiful fragment of a ceremonial dish, its surface incised and drilled with a highly abstract motif of anthropomorphi

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A lovely gathering of three hand-carved lapis lazuli drug mortars exhibiting mottled cobalt blue hues with beige, gray, white, and

Pre-Columbian Chavin stone mortar from Peru, ca. 1200-500 BC. A fantastic hand-carved stone mortar depicting several mythical creatures with toothy grimaces. 4" H. x 4 1/8" diameter.

Pre-Columbian Chavin stone mortar from Peru, ca. 1200-500 BC. A fantastic hand-carved stone mortar. 4 1/4" H. x 2 3/4" diameter.

Pre-Columbian Chavin jaguar stone mortar from Peru, ca. 1100-900 BC. Carved dark stone in the form of a jaguar, decorated with low relief patterns. A nice and rare example! 3 5/8" H. x 6 1/2" L.

Originally offered at $1,800... Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. This is a fabulous Chavin stone miniature drug container in gray soapstone depicting a male trophy head! This

**Originally Listed At $5000** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A stunning bowl of a petite size, hand-carved from dark green, nearly black stone. The vessel is de

Pre-columbian Chavin incised stone container from the North Coast of Peru, ca. 900-500 BCE. hand-carved from mottled brown stone. 3 3/4" height, 2 3/4" diameter.

**Originally Listed At $5500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A beautiful bowl of a lightly-compressed spherical form, hand-carved from mottled brown stone with faint ora

China, carved ink stone with incised scrolling motifs at the edges and a projecting mythical creature at one end. Length 9 1/2 in., Width 6 in.

Near East, Sassanian Empire, ca. 500 CE. A collection of four stone seals, all pierced for suspension. The largest is a near-translucent stone with an incised motif of a crescent moon and crossed swor

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A superb and sizable stone basin, presumably used for the ritualistic preparation of hallucinogenic drugs, hand-carved from a so

**Originally Listed At $700** Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. An impressive mold-formed pottery jar displaying a circular base, a spherical body, a tubular neck, and a

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. A wonderful handmade pottery vase boasting a cylindrical body, a curved shoulder, and a brief, tubular neck that flares gently outwards

**Originally Listed At $750** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1000 to 200 BCE. A fine example of a hand-built brownware pottery bottle with a planar base, a bell-shaped body with

Pre-Columbian style/ Olmec style carved stone figure, with incised geometric motifs, rising on custom pedestal display stand, figure: approx 9"l, 4 5/8"w, 2.5"d, stand: approx 12.75"h, 6 1/8"w, 5 3/8"

Rare Native American Mississippian Stone Bird Effigy Mortar / Bowl | Carved and incised steatite stone mortar type bowl sculpted in the shape of a bird with appliqué like head and tail feather as han

**Originally Listed At $150** Ancient Near East / the Levant, Proto-Assyrian, ca. 4000 BCE. A rectangular black stone seal with an incised motif on its face depicting a Pegasus with a long, raised win

Pre-columbian Chavin incised double stone container from the North Coast of Peru, ca. 900-500 BCE. hand-carved from mottled brown stone, showing several toothy grimace mythological heads in profile. 3

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Late Cupisnique period, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A hand-built pottery and highly burnished vessel with a flat base, a circular body wi