Colima Gadrooned Vessel w/ Shaman Legs, ex-Messick

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. A most unusual Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash form body supported by three shaman figures, each one wearing a horned hea

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. An exceedingly rare burnished terracotta Colima crawling (oddly baby-like?) shaman with a characteristically mask-like face, wearing

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautiful Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash or melon-shaped body supported by three avian legs, each bird positioned upwa

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautiful Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash or melon-shaped body supported by three avian legs, each bird positioned upwa

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel of a vermillion hue in the form of a wide, voluminous squash with a body that is stylisticall

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A lovely hollow-cast redware vessel depicting a seated shamanic figure on a flat base with extended legs. The figure has

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This brilliant vermillion pottery vessel is in the form of a wide, voluminous squash with a body that is stylistically segmented with smooth, fine ve

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. This brilliant vermillion pottery vessel assumes form of a wide, voluminous squash with a

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 100 BCE to 250 BCE. A large globular redware terracotta vessel, with a gadrooned body, a narrow neck that resolves to a wide splayed rim, all supported by a tri

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery jar of sizable form covered in lustrous red slip. Resembling a wide, voluminou

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An intriguing figural vessel with a round, bulbous body, a projecting head, and arms and legs dominating one

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built redware effigy vessel of an anthropomorphic figure. The broad figure stands on two squat legs with a tunic-like shirt jutting

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built redware effigy vessel of an anthropomorphic figure. The broad figure stands on two squat legs with a tunic-like shirt jutting

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built redware effigy vessel of an anthropomorphic figure. The broad figure stands on two squat legs with a tunic-like shirt jutting

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An endearing pottery vessel in the form of a portly canine standing atop 4 short legs as though attentively waiting to be tossed a treat. Env

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A grand and impressive anthropomorphic sculpture representing a seated shaman, with open and gently bent legs outstretched in front of him

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A superb pottery figure of a shaman shown standing atop thick legs and large feet with arms at his sides. Displaying a f

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A most unusual Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash-shaped body supported by three dog heads, each one with a pointed snout, perky ear

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Vera Cruz, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A hand-built terracotta figural vessel depicting a seated deity or shaman with his hands placed upon crossed legs and a fantastical v

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A shallow, speckled greenstone carved vessel. It stands on charming tripod legs terminating in smiling zoomorphic faces - frogs, toads, turtl

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine example of Colima pottery, simple yet elegant in style, rich in symbolic iconography, and boasting sublime technique! An evocative

Shantung Province, China, Longshan Culture, ca. 2600-2000 BC. An elegant tripod ewer with mammiform legs and an upraised beak spout, rope decoration encircling the body. Oxford TL test (documentation

Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A fascinating and incredibly rare figural ceramic vessel in the form of a shaman holding serpents. The figure wears a dramatic, conical

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A gorgeous and sizable redware pottery vessel presenting a gadrooned squash or melon-shaped body supported by a trio of highly stylized avian