Ecuadorian Pottery Ocarina, Spondylus Shell Form

Pre-Columbian, Ecuadorian, ca. 5th to 15th century CE. A charming pottery whistle in the form of a spondylus shell with protruding nodules depicting the spikes of the shell and a blow hole and mouthpi

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, South America, Colombia, Narino, ca. 1250 CE. Beautiful and musical too, this finely made Narino pottery ocarina was modeled in the elegant shape of a seas

DESCRIPTION: Ancient Pre-Columbian pottery ocarina whistle in the form of a shell. The instrument is pierced with suspension holes for wearing on a necklace or belt. CIRCA: Ancient ORIGIN: Latin Ameri

Group of Antique Pottery, five total including: shell form vessel; double spout vessel with applied decoration; two round jars, one is Ecuadorian; clay gourd; multiple repairs and damage; 2.25"-7" hig

Pre-Columbian, Peru (Ecuador border), Chavin Maranon, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A fascinating pottery bottle boasting a unique, abstract form resembling a spondylus shell or sea urchin, with a round yet sta

A Pre-Columbian ceramic ocarina. Cilla-Ginga, Southwest Columbia, c.1200-1500 AD. Formed as a shell, painted with red and black polka dots on a buff ground. Resist decoration with high burnished slip

California Faience Art Pottery Shell Form Low Bowl with an Associated Frog Fashioned with Three Crabs {Dimensions of bowl 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; diameter of frog 4 3/4 inches}

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima to Nayarit; ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Ecuador, Jamacoaque, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A fine collection of 6 pre-Columbian pottery artifacts: 3 West M

Josef Steidl (Austrian, 19th/20th century), late 19th to early 20th century. Seven-piece majolica pottery shell-form dessert service, having polychrome decoration with sprays of grapes and peaches in

Antique Hubaudiere Bousquet Quimper French Pottery Shell Form Bowl. Hand painted heraldry / coat of arms at center. Hand signed on back. Measures 9.5 x 8 inches.

Porcelain and pottery collection to include: pottery shell form vase with frogs, 4 1/2"h. x 6"w.; (8) Palmer Smith Italian plates with fruit decoration, 9 3/4" dia.; (1) Choisy Le Roi scallop shaped d

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A charming, hand-built pottery whistle in the form of a monkey with sizable, round eyes and a protruding snout in a characteristically s

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Bahia, Guangala, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A hand-built greyware ocarina depicting a zoomorphic form with sound holes perforating its arched 'back' a

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Bahia, Guangala, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A hand-built greyware ocarina depicting a zoomorphic form with sound holes perforating its arched 'back' and l

Pre-Columbian, Linea Vieja, Costa Rica, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. This is a small piece of molded pottery with four finger holes along its body to produce music. The tail is the mouthpiece. The lizard's hea

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A charming, hand-modeled whistle in the form of a snail with red and white motifs painted on its body. T

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Tweet, tweet, tweet! An endearing brownware ocarina depicting a sweet songbird, elaborately decorated with impresse

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A set of 2 hand-built pottery whistles, each depicting a stylized avian creature. The darker whistle exhibits a crescent-shaped mouthpiece, a

(lot of 6) French faience pottery oyster shell-form servers, HenRiot Quimper, four depicting Breton woman in garden, two with male figure playing instrument, one signed to recto, others signed underfo

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi Province, Bahia culture, ca. 5th to 1st century BCE. A lovely, mold-made pottery ocarina in the form of a female shown standing with legs toget

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, early Moche, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A petite and fine avian figure carved from orange and white spondylus shell. The figure rests with its curled feet and folded wings hel

A Sinu shell-form ocarina and two Tumaco fragments Sinu culture (c. 400-1550 CE) Comprising one painted shell-form ocarina with beast perched to one end; one Tumaco figural fragment; and one Tumaco he

**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 400 CE. A carved and crescent-shaped spondylus shell pendant shaped into a recognizable fish-like form. An oval-shaped

**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A vibrant orange hued spondylus shell pendant, hand carved with a curved profile and details to suggest