Jamacoaque Polychrome Jar of Jaguar Head, ex-Messick

Pre-Columbian Pottery Assortment (15) items including an Incan polychrome handled vessel having a jaguar head; a Colima jar having protruding head and tail of a dog; a Mexican bowl supported by addors

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. This is a large piece of carved volcanic rock called a hacha, which was worn atop the protective yoke that ballplayers wore in ancie

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 400 CE. A very expressive polychrome terracotta jaguar effigy vessel, painted in hues of red and cream with black fine-line detailing. Take note of t

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a voluminous form with a round but stable base, a compressed spherical body with a central carination, and a tall, flared rim

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A beautiful and brightly painted jar with twin spouts and a flat strap handle. Twin frogs sit facing each other from either side of the h

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 400 CE. A fabulous and vibrant bowl featuring a polychrome pattern of stylized heads. The petite vessel rests on a rounded but stable base. The thick

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl decorated with dense, red-painted linear bands atop the light orange ground. Crossh

Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 800 CE. A pottery twin spouted vessel painted on each side with a running jaguar. A lovely and whimsical vessel! Size: 6.25" W (15.9 cm)

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 250 to 540 CE. An interesting Nazca head jar, the lower portion of the vessel of a rounded form resolving to a sharply constricted upper end below a gently

Of simple cylinder shape with protruding jaguar head on opposite sides of the mouth opening. Graced with a black spotted rosette pattern against a brown red ground. Interior with a coarse unglazed fin

Of simple cylinder shape with protruding jaguar head on opposite sides of the mouth opening. Graced with a black spotted rosette pattern against a brown red ground. Interior with a coarse unglazed fin

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A beautiful, hand-built pottery jar of a sizable form depicting a register of disembodied trophy heads along the carinated midsection. The highly burnish

Pre-Columbian, Huari (Wari), coastal Peru, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. This is an anthropomorphic polychrome beaker depicting a jaguar's head with open mouth and exposed fangs; the jaguar has painted markings

A Pair of Small Polychrome Porcelain Jars with Ram's Heads Painted with iron-red bats amidst swirling clouds, flanked by gilt-painted ram head handles, a mark to each base. {Height: 7 1/2 inches (19 c

Mexican dance costume; showing polychrome and carved wood jaguar heads to garment; together with matching mask; H: 54" (garment, approx.)

Mexican dance costume; showing polychrome and carved wood jaguar heads to garment; together with matching mask; H: 54" (garment, approx.)

Pre-Columbian pottery, Casa Grandes Chihuahua State, Mexico, 12th-15th century, a polychrome snake jar, two snakes with raised heads coiled around the circumference of the jar, two small holes at oppo

An Acoma polychrome jar Circa 1910 Decorated in a "bird head" design.H: 11 1/4 in.PROVENANCE:Eleanor Tulman Hancock, Inc., New York, New York, 2007.A Private Family Collection.

TWO CHIMU BLACKWARE VESSELSPeru, two Chimu jars, one having handle with geometric and dot decoration, one Jaguar effigy jar with human head. 6.25" and 4.5" height

6 1/8" H. Mayan Jar. Guatemala. Classic Period, Pre-Columbian. Applique Jaguar Head and front legs. Buff finish. Pressure crack, otherwise solid

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A gorgeous example of a pottery stirrup vessel depicting the head of a fierce jaguar. Presented in hues of citrine, burnt sienna, c

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque culture, ca. 500 CE. A captivating pottery warrior shown seated with a spike or pounder in one hand and a petite jar in the other. Elaborat

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque) culture, ca. 500 CE. I love this guy! A hollow pottery figure of a toad, standing naturalistically, with bent legs and head up. His facial features are

Comprising a polychrome decorated standing figure with articulated earrings, a polychrome jaguar mask, and a small figure. 7" to 13".