Fine Chavin Pottery Vessel w/ Snakes, Ex Arte Primitivo

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, 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

Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Wari / Huari culture, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A very unusual and striking pottery vessel molded with four faces, but using only 4 eyes. The faces alternate between menacing an

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 1000 BCE. A sizable example of a hand-built brownware pottery vessel featuring intricate, abstract zoomorphic creatures. The vessel presents with a

**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

**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, his

**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 face

Style of Nazca Humanoid Pottery Vase. Size 8 inches high, 5 inches widest pint. A figural pottery vessel with strap handle decorated. Not ancient. Ex Arte primitivo.

**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

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Calima, Ilama phase, ca. 200 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel in the form of a stylized hut or temple with a petite arched doorway, all surmounted by a pair of conical spouts an

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

**Originally Listed At $3500** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 850 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of an elegant form with a flat base, a carinated lowe

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Sican, Lambayeque Valley, ca. 700 - 900 CE. Blackware pottery figural vessel depicting a seated elder, holding his left hand to his chin, right hand to his chest, legs cr

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

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1500 CE. Rare votive offering of a set of pan pipes, done in clay. Working tubes connected by wide band, custom stand. Rare and nice! Size: 3"H x 3-1/2"W not including c

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

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A unique mold-made stirrup vessel topped with a figure playing a musical instrument and painted in lovely hues of russet, black, orang

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished brownware pottery vessel with a slightly rounded but stable base, a tall, apple-shaped body with a curve

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 900 BCE. A hand-built brownware pottery vessel of a spherical form with a planar base, a tapered neck, and a flared rim. The exterior of the body e

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished redware pottery bowl with large, coiling snakes decorating the exterior walls. Each se

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. A wonderful handmade pottery vase boasting a cylindrical body, a curved shoulder, and a brief, tubular neck that flares gently outwards

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel of tall form with a bowl-shaped lower body, a detailed upper body shaped like a charming

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, Chavin, late Cupisnique, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. An exquisite, hand-built pottery vessel featuring a spherical body with a flat base, highly burnished surfaces, and a stir

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin-Cupisnique, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A sizable example of a hand-built pottery stirrup vessel exhibiting a planar base, an apple-shaped body with a rounded shoul