COLIMA POTTERY COMPOTE

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Among the finest and the largest that we have ever seen, a beautiful redware vessel of an overall gourd-like form with four peyote buttons de

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery figure of an elder cacique sitting within the cavity of an inverted, bell-shaped litter. The f

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

Pre-Columbian Colima Pottery Figure Seated shaman having incised decorations with a polished slip glaze, manganese deposits Provenance: The Estate of George 'Yorgo' Demetrakopoulos; professor, assista

Colima, Mexico ca 250 BCE - 200 AD. A seated male figure, legs spread, sitting upright and holding cup towards his mouth with both hands as if partaking in a ceremony. He wears a tunic, peaked cap, an

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel in the form of a seated ithyphallic figure. Highly burnished and covered in red and light or

Fine and Rotund Colima Pottery Dog. Provenance: Private Collection of Shirley and David Rowen, Beverly Hills, California; Harry Franklin Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA. A pioneer gallerist in the fields o

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An evocative pottery figure of a seated shaman posed dramatically with a pugnacious expression; his right hand upraised in a clenched fist pe

Pre-Columbian Colima Pottery Seated Male Figure, 200 BCE - 200 CE. Provenance: The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Collection, Minneapolis, MN. Size: 11.5'' x 6.5'' x 7.75'' (29 x 17 x 20 cm). Please Note:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hollow-built pottery figure of a standing male dancer holding one arm out to his side. His abdomen is incised with horizontal striations as

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Very cute pottery puppy with very rotund body seated on his hind haunches. Mouth open (acting as vent hole) with ears alert and almond-shaped

Pre-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 broa

Colima Pottery Dog, western Mexico, c. 100 B.C. - 250 A.D.From a private collection. It was purchased prior to 1970 in New York. 16" Width.

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An oddly compelling vessel in the form of a huge insect or arachnid, perhaps a tick based on the shape of the body but with only six legs - m

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An adorable and highly-burnished pottery dog, finely-molded in lustrous redware and standing proudly on all fours - pres

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A charming, hand-sculpted terracotta figure of a dog. With a hugely fat body and a sleek head with big eyes, the dog has almost comical propo

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, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hollow ceramic vessel in the form of a very portly Colima dog, one of the most famous of the classes of West Mexican shaft tomb culture art

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A beautiful hand-built pottery turtle vessel with a highly-burnished surface, lustrous red slip coating, and wonderful z

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, 300 BCE to 300 CE. A cute little dog with a rotund body, sitting back on his short legs, with a short, curled tail and a spout rising from his head. Scholars know o

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An impressive hand-built pottery conch shell musical instrument with a blow hole at one end. Among the many finely modeled pottery figures cr

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A highly burnished redware figure of a shaman seated in a pensive pose, all decorated in red slip, with lengthy arms that reach down towards

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A remarkable hand-built pottery figure shown sitting cross-legged with his hands placed on his legs. The ancient figure displays a thick, fla

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