Maya Terracotta Whistle - Avian Form

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Three wonderful hand-built zoomorphic terracotta whistles. Two whistles take avian forms, one with donut-shaped eye

Pre-Columbian, Classic Maya, Guatemala or Mexico, ca. 600 to 900 CE. This is a fantastic piece of functional pottery sculpture! It is a whistle in the form of a bird caught in the act of snagging some

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. A fascinating, hand-built, terracotta whistle depicting a visage that is at once avian and zoomorphic

**First Time At Auction**Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An adorable terracotta whistling avian vessel in hues of dark umber, brown, and light orange, with a bulb

Pre-Columbian Maya Avian form plaque from Mexico - representing a macaw or other tropical parrot species, this important mosaic object was created from a thinned section of limestone which was further

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A burnished pottery vessel with a spherical body and a long, beak-like spout extending from the center, counterweighted by a diminuti

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A fascinating terracotta whistle in the form of a human-bodied god with a long s

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An endearing hand-built terracotta whistle in the form of a scorpion, embellished with applied ring-shaped eyes, mo

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Jaina Island, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A fine mold-made terracotta whistle in the form of a dancer, facing front with arms gesturing toward the right, wearing a magnificent animorphic

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican Terracotta Whistle in the Form of an Armadillo, ca. 200 AD to 500 AD. Approx. Size: 3.25" L x 2.25" H x 2" D. Remarkable very fine example.

Egyptian whistle, (2) bowls, & Ushabti, ex-museum, Incl. (1) terracotta bird form whistle mounted to acrylic stand and (2) bowls, probably c. 100 BCE-200 CE, each with accession numbers to underside,

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. An adorable redware ceramic effigy whistle depicting a sweet bird. Avian forms were embraced in the Pre-Columbian world as sky animals that c

Pre-Columbian Mayan Territories Pottery Turtle-Form Whistle. (c. 550 CE to 900 CE). Large glyph of lord or god on its back. Provenance: Artemis Gallery, Louisville, CO, March 19, 2015, Lot 129L; ex Mi

Maya Whistle Figure from Chiapas, Mexico, 600-900 A.D. Whistle in the form of a figure in full regalia. A nice example! 5-1/2" in height.

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A striking terracotta whistle modeled to depict the head of an elaborately decorated warrior who wears a grand headdress featuring a bird whose fac

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1200 CE. A group of five ceramic whistles, all with charmingly abstract zoomorphic and anthropomorphic forms. The largest has a monkey perched on

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A mold-formed whistle in the form of a standing skeletal simian. The haunting creature presents holding a rat

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built terracotta figural whistle featuring an elaborately dressed drummer standing behind and beating his tall cylindrical drum with b

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A sweet and petite terracotta bird effigy whistle donning a prominent crested bird headdress, elaborately detailed with applied filets. Nicel

Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, Classic Period, ca. 200 to 900 CE. A large pottery whistle in the form of an owl-transformed human shaman figure. With human shape and an owl face, including huge wide

Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, probably Jaina Island or Yucatan coast, ca. 550 to 900 CE. Rare and delightful pottery whistle in the form of a male standing rabbit. Big floppy ears, hands to "knees

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 200 to 650 CE. A mold-made terracotta whistling figure with a pair of nubbin legs and a large mouthpiece on the verso for supp

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Jaina Island, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A mold-made terracotta rattle in the form of an elite Maya lord wearing an elaborate headdress upon his long, straigh

Pre-Columbian, Jaina Island, Mexico, Maya, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A mold-made terracotta rattle in the form of an elite Mayan standing lord donning an elaborate headdress upon his long straight coiffure,