Sold2015Anatolian Kilia Stargazer Head, ex-Arte PrimitivoAnatolia, 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 GSee Sold Price
Sold2019Central Asian Bronze Axe Head - Ex Arte Primitivo**Originally Listed At $200** Central Asia, Bronze Age, ca. 10th to 7th century BCE. An elegant cast bronze axe head of simple form, with a long, straight, rectangular blade and a round socket with aSee Sold Price
Sold2016Nazca Polychrome Kero Trophy Heads, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, South Peru, ca. 125 to 250 CE. A Nazca ceramic kero rising from a round-bottomed base, its elegant silhoutte displaying a soft curve on the lower body. The surface decoration is organizSee Sold Price
Sold2024Mayan Jaguar head Tenon - Ex-Arte PrimitivoMayan 500-800BC Massive fanged jaguar head tenon carved in dark gray volcanic stone. Coiled tongue with remnants of red cinnabar pigment - measures15.5" x 6.5" x 7"See Sold Price
Sold2022Maya Plumbate Pottery Head Vessel, ex-Arte Primitivo**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Mayan region, Maya/Toltec, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A "plumbate" pottery head vessel depicting a shaman or priest wearing an enormous tapir head headdress, hisSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mayan Double-Handled Terracotta Pot, ex-Arte Primitivo**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A huge, unusually-shaped and well-preserved doubleSee Sold Price
Sold2020Maya Plumbate Pottery Head Vessel - ex-Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mayan region, Maya/Toltec, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A "plumbate" pottery head vessel depicting a shaman or priest wearing an enormous tapir head headdress, his faceSee Sold Price
Sold2017Huge Etruscan Brazier Animal Frieze, ex-Arte PrimitivoItaly, Etruscan culture, ca. 768 to 264 BCE. A huge pottery brazier, round in form, with the clay a deep red color and signs of use. Twin rings around the rim have been stamped using a cylinder stampSee Sold Price
Sold2021Lot of Terracotta Vessels c.200-1000 AD.Lot of Terracotta Vessels c.200-1000 AD. Size 2 1/4 - 3 3/4 inches high. Nice lot of miniature terracotta vessels. Ex Private NYC collection, acquired from arte primitivo.See Sold Price
Sold2016A very attractive Etruscan terracotta head of a womanA very attractive Etruscan terracotta head of a woman, c. 3rd – 2nd Century BC, with tightly curled hair and very attractive features. H: 9 ¼ in (23.5cm). Light surface deposits throughout. Ex collSee Sold Price
Sold2023Colima Redware Pottery Bird Vessel, Ex Arte Primitivo**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 aSee Sold Price
Sold2022Veracruz Stone Coyote Head Tennon c.600-900 AD.Veracruz Stone Coyote Head Tennon. Size 5 5/8 inches length. Veracruz, Mexico. Ca. 600-900 A.D. Ex Arte PrimitivoSee Sold Price
Sold2022Tiahuanaco Double Lobed Vessel with Human HeadTiahuanaco Double Lobed Vessel with Human Head. Size 10 inches length, 6 5.8 inches high. Ex. private collection of a California attorney, ex. Arte Primitivo, auction 75, lot 314, ex. Private CA. collSee Sold Price
Sold2017An Etruscan terracotta head of a veiled womanAn Etruscan terracotta head of a veiled woman, c. 3rd - 2nd Century BC, with detailed facial features and light deposits. 3 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in (6.3 x 6cm). On old wood stand. Ex collection of Alberto ASee Sold Price
Sold2017Rare Colima Pottery Warrior, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-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 broaSee Sold Price
Sold2016Recuay Cream Slip Portrait Vessel, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Peru, northern coastal region, Recuay, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. Large double-sided canteen vessel depicting a stylized human head. Wide toothy grin, face painted in reddish-brown on a creSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mayan Polychrome Tripod Plate, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Highlands (Chiapas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador), Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 600 CE. A flare-rimmed dish standing on three short legs, with a central portrait head iSee Sold Price
Sold2015Chancay Cuchimilico Stargazer, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 CE. A very colorful terracotta standing Cuchimilco or stargazer holding her arms in an upraised position of prayer and adoration. Perforations in eSee Sold Price
Sold2016Mayan Stone Metate in Animal Form, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Maya Territories, ca. 200 to 900 CE. A green-grey volcanic stone metate (metlatl) with sturdy tripod legs and a head that - combined with the stiff back - calls to mind a turtle or possSee Sold Price
Sold2017Mayan Green Stone Maskette , ex-Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A smooth greenstone maskette pendant in the form of a human head with drilled eyes, an open mouth as if speSee Sold Price
Sold2018Jalisco Pottery Seated Male Figure - Ex-Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A large, hand-built terracotta seated male coca-chewing figure (or coquero) with one lengthy leg wrapped underneatSee Sold Price
Sold2015Wari / Huari Polychrome Kero, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Huari/Wari, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A polychrome, decorated terracotta kero or drinking vessel of a gracefully tapered form, painted on each side with an abstract frontally poSee Sold Price
2015Moche Jaguar-Form Burnished Vessel, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 400 CE. An impressive, large, and finely hand-built terracotta vessel, painted in hues of red-orange and white. The dramatic and quite animated visagSee Sold Price
Sold2018Nayarit Chinesco Pottery Figure, ex-Arte Primitivo**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built terracotta cream-slip standing figure displaying slightly spread legs with arched feet,See Sold Price
May 23Freeman's | HindmanAn Egyptian Limestone Relief Fragment Depicting an Attendant Wearing a Head-Cone$1,000