Huge Chavin Stone Basin / Ritual Dish Drug Prep

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A superb and sizable stone basin, presumably used for the ritualistic preparation of hallucinogenic drugs, hand-carved from a so

Ancient Egypt, late Pre-Dynastic, ca. 4000 to 3100 BCE. An impressive offering dish of remarkable scale boasting an elegant form with a heavy bottom, a shallow basin, a circular rim, and thick walls a

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Jequetepeque district, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A grey stone mortar used for grinding hallucinogenic drugs. The mortar is in the form of a square with a

**Originally Listed At $1200** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A charming and rare example of a lemon-carro stone mortar in the form of an armadillo, one half of a mortar

Originally offered at $1,800... Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. This is a fabulous Chavin stone miniature drug container in gray soapstone depicting a male trophy head! This

Ancient Central Asia, modern day Pakistan / Afghanistan, Bactria, late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A beautiful idol or ritual object of a sizable form, hand-carved from mottled beige-hued stone w

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A beautiful fragment of a ceremonial dish, its surface incised and drilled with a highly abstract motif of anthropomorphi

**Originally Listed At $1800** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, Jequetepeque valley, ca. 700 to 400 BCE. A fantastic stone tablet or tray used in the ingestion of hallucinogenic drugs. The tablet is a lon

Emilia Castillo (Mexico) dish, with long silver plated basin, featuring sculptural stone inlay cockatoo birds, supported on laurel foot, marked on base height 8.5 in. x width 31 in. x depth 9.5 in.

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. Very fine stone cup or mortar, probably used for hallucinogenic drugs, from one of the earliest and most artistically advanced cultures of

Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 600 BCE. A remarkable hand-carved stone dish presenting a discoid foot and a wide, circular rim over a shallow basin. Boasting a hue of light sage, th

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A grand necklace with beads carved from sodalite, one of the primary elements of lapis lazuli mined from the Andes and cherished since antiquity. The p

Faberge Russian silver mounted oval carved and polished stone dish raised on ball form feet. With geometric handles accented by foliate swags. With the Faberge mark set beneath a double headed eagle m

Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru, ca. 1000 BCE. Important and rare fragment; back and two sides polished to be fitted into a wall. Front carved in relief showing mythological being. Comes with custom

Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru, ca. 1000 BCE. Important and rare fragment; back and two sides polished to be fitted into a wall. Front carved in relief showing mythological being. Size: 18"H x 13-1

Pre-Columbian Chavin stone mortar from Peru, ca. 1200-500 BC. A fantastic hand-carved stone mortar depicting several mythical creatures with toothy grimaces. 4" H. x 4 1/8" diameter.

Pre-columbian Chavin stone mask from the North Coast of Peru, ca. 900-500 BCE. hand-carved from mottled brown stone showing a toothy grimace mythological face. 5 7/8" height. Rare!

circa 1900, the stone socle supports a fine cast bronze sculpture of two putti flanking an urn standard upon which a large stone basin rests, the upper stone basin is supported by a cast bronze standa

Near Eastern, Eastern Empire, Early Byzantine Period, ca. 7th century CE. An opulent pair of ornamental floor or wall mosaics, each of a massive, rectangular form and featuring an ornate design deline

Pre-Columbian, Guerrero, Mexico, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. Carved and string cut from a beautiful veined green stone, a very rare and quite sizeable Mezcala figure of the M-14 type presenting a wide body an

**Originally Listed At $18000** Roman, the Levant, late Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to 5th century CE. A spectacular mosaic presenting a quilt-like pattern of repeated geometric star motifs - each stella

Pre-columbian Chavin incised stone mortar from the North Coast of Peru, ca. 900-500 BCE. hand-carved from mottled brown stone showing several toothy grimace mythological heads. 3 3/8" height, 5" diame

**Originally Listed At $5000** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A stunning bowl of a petite size, hand-carved from dark green, nearly black stone. The vessel is de

Pre-columbian Chavin incised stone container from the North Coast of Peru, ca. 900-500 BCE. hand-carved from mottled brown stone. 3 3/4" height, 2 3/4" diameter.