Inca Polychrome Whistling Vessel - Spondylus & Bird

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A polychrome pottery vessel of spondylus shells on pedestal bases with two long neck spouts. The vessel's main body, the shells, are connected

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A double-chambered terracotta vessel featuring a standing man who assumes the position typically occupied by a second spout. He is blowing a spondylus s

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1532 CE. A wonderful terracotta double-chambered whistling vessel comprised of 2 vernacular house forms, each capped by an elongated tubular neck: one leading to

CHIMU WHISTLING STIRRUP VESSELPeru, polychrome decorated bird spout whistling vessel, loss to spout. 6.5" height

**Originally Listed At $1200** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Huari, Lima-Niviera, ca. 1000 CE. A wonderful polychrome, double-lobed whistling stirrup spouted vessel. The front lobe depicts a male

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A handcrafted ancient polychrome whistling vessel in the shape of a jaguar from the Vicus culture. A stable vessel on four legs of red color with a large number of holes in the upper part of the body

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu / Inca culture, ca. 1200 to 1400 CE. A lovely hand-built pottery vessel with a flat base, cylindrical body, a planar shoulder, an arching stirrup-shaped handle,

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca culture, probably Phase 3 to 4, ca. 200 to 450 CE. A charming pottery vessel in the form of a bright bird that sits perkily at attention, its head up, its beak out, above a

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. Amazing for its extensive iconographical program, expert technique and impressive artistry, this bichrome terracotta, twin

Pre-Columbian, northwest coast Peru, Viru culture, ca. 100 BCE to 600 CE. A fabulous pottery double vessel comprised of 2 cylindrical chambers with rounded tops and bases connected via a tubular tunne

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, Ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A polychrome stirrup, twin-lobed vessel with an intricately painted surface in red, chocolate brown, and cream hues, depic

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican-Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1375 CE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel with a whistle component in the avian head. The vessel has 2 chambers: 1 in the form

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Vicus culture, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel painted in vivid hues of vermilion, black, beige, and cream. The vessel is

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche/Mochica, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A polychrome whistling stirrup vessel with one of the two bowls in the form of a standing parrot, its realistic curved beak partially

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Paracas, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A beautiful bird effigy ceramic bridge spout vessel displaying the quintessential stylings and technique of the early Paracas culture. The ceramic art

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1438 to 1533 CE. An aryballos-shaped pottery vessel known as an urpu, hand-built and painted with polychrome pigments. The bell-sh

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A remarkable pottery vessel in the form of an alpaca or llama head with a long snout, a high nasal bridge, a round nose, an incised mout

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 CE. A musical whistling bridge-spouted, double-chambered vessel adorned in a hue of pale yellow. Mold-made, the fascinating vessel features two circul

Two Chimu Inca Blackware Figural Whistling Vessels. Both double chambered, connected by strap handle; one modeled with a jaguar, and one with a human. {Approximate dimensions: Jaguar vessel 9 high x 6

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera culture, ca. 500 BCE. A red-brown terracotta rectangular double lobed vessel with a bridge handle between the lobes. A diminutive bird perches on the top front lobe, p

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

Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, Guatemala, Ulua Valley, Classic Period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A beautiful pottery tripod vessel displaying a flat, circular base and thick wall that gently slant outwards

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1450 to 1532 CE. A delightful hand-built pottery jar that boasts a strong decorative program of geometric and stylized avian motifs. T