Colima Redware Olla, ex-Arte Primitivo

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A redware pottery saucer olla with a carinated body and a flared rim. The highly burnished surfaces are covered in russe

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fascinating and rare pottery vessel featuring a rectangular cuboid form with an ovoid spout that rises from one s

**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 a

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

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. One of the most fabulous Colima acrobat vessels we have ever seen! Quite a contortionist, this gent stands on his hands with his legs

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Nice lot of 4 shell pendants carved from the spondylus, a shell that is not native to this region of Mexico, but was traded from South Ame

Lot of 5 West Coast Mexico Small Figures Colima, Michoacan Ca. 100 B.C. – 250 A.D. Size 2 1/4 - 5 inches high. Ex Arte Primitivo

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, ca. 1400 CE. A very finely potted stirrup vessel. Redware pottery "beer" bottle in the form of a native gourd. Long stem in added white with black stipples down top and t

Apache, AZ. Early 20th century CE. This is a fine woven olla with human figures. Size: 6.25" W x 3.6" H (15.9 cm x 9.1 cm). Provenance: Ex - Gill collection acquired at Arte Primitivo Gallery, NYC. A

Colima Greenstone Figural pendant Ca. 100 B.C. - 250 A.D., Colima, Mexico. Size 2 5/8 inches high. Mounted. Arte Primitivo, auction 91, lot 88, 2019. Ex. Plesur collection, Long Island, NY, acquired 1

Pre-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 cop

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A huge, hand-built pottery olla with a wide, rounded base, curving walls, smooth shoulders, a deep interior cavity, and

A 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 professiona

**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 brea

Pre-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 flare

A 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 x

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early to mid-20th century. A hand carved wooden fertility / birthing body mask worn during Gelede celebrations, rendered in the form of a pr

Ancient 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 elegant

Pre-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 vessel

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 150 BCE to 250 CE. An attractive pottery olla featuring a traditional squash form with a broad body comprised of 8 protruding phytomorphic knobs likely intended

Pre-Columbian, West Coast Mexico, Colima region, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Large/attractive vessel has bulbous base with flared spout covered in deep red slip, outer shoulder decorated in two registers o

Decorative bronze attachment on the form of a Phallus with testicles, incised linear designs and weathered surface. The phallus measures 1 inch and has been custom mounted to a display stand. Ex Arte

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Guanajuato River Valley, Chupicuaro culture, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A lovely pottery bowl of a rare form comprised of 3 coils resembling the body of a snake supported by a ped

Anatolia, 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 G