2015Moche Jaguar-Form Burnished Vessel, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 400 CE. An impressive, large, and finely hand-built terracotta vessel, painted in hues of red-orange and white. The dramatic and quite animated visagSee Sold Price
Sold2015Moche I Stirrup Vessel, Squash Form, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche I, ca. 100 to 200 CE. A stunning greyware stirrup vessel in the form of a succulent squash with a smooth undulating surface that could only have been created bySee Sold Price
Sold2023Colima Redware Pottery Bird Vessel, Ex Arte Primitivo**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 aSee Sold Price
Sold2015Vicus Whistling Bridge-Spout Vessel, Ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Piura region of North Coast Peru, Vicus, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A double chambered bridge-spout whistling vessel, the frontal chamber in the form of an anthropomorphic standing figure (perSee Sold Price
Sold2023Rare Colima Redware Vessel, 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 sSee Sold Price
Sold2015Inca Polychrome Gourd Stirrup Vessel, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-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 tSee Sold Price
2023Calima Spouted Vessel Stylized Hut, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-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 anSee Sold Price
Sold2022Maya Pottery Vessel w/ Bird & Snake, Ex Arte PrimitivoPre-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 flareSee Sold Price
Sold2015Wari / Huari Polychrome Kero, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Huari/Wari, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A polychrome, decorated terracotta kero or drinking vessel of a gracefully tapered form, painted on each side with an abstract frontally poSee Sold Price
Sold2023Large Moche Polychrome Spouted Vessel Jaguar FormPre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Trujillo, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 400 to 500 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery jaguar of immense size and form with hollow legs, a curled tail, a massive sSee Sold Price
Sold2018Stirrup Spout Vessel of a Feline, Peru, Moche 100 toStirrup Spout Vessel in the Form of a Feline, possibly a Jaguar, Peru, Moche, 100-500 - Burnished pinkish tan slipped ceramic with black and reddish slip paint, 8.5 x 8.5 x 4.5 inches,See Sold Price
Sold2016Recuay Cream Slip Portrait Vessel, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Peru, northern coastal region, Recuay, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. Large double-sided canteen vessel depicting a stylized human head. Wide toothy grin, face painted in reddish-brown on a creSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fine Chavin Pottery Vessel w/ Snakes, Ex Arte PrimitivoPre-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 vesselSee Sold Price
Sold2024Mayan Jaguar head Tenon - Ex-Arte PrimitivoMayan 500-800BC Massive fanged jaguar head tenon carved in dark gray volcanic stone. Coiled tongue with remnants of red cinnabar pigment - measures15.5" x 6.5" x 7"See Sold Price
Sold2019Moche Stirrup Vessel Ex Musee Des Beaux Arte MuseumAncient Pre Columbian Moche Stirrup Vessel Ex Musee Des Beaux Arte Museum Montreal, Canada. 1957Size 9 1/2 inches high. Peru AD 500-700.Pottery Stirrup-spout vessel with gloubular body painted with twSee Sold Price
Sold2023Moche IV Stirrup Vessel Jaguar FormPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A bichrome pottery stirrup vessel depicting a jaguar with a magnificent coat, replete with lively spotted and linear markings, looking decSee Sold Price
Sold2021Lot of Terracotta Vessels c.200-1000 AD.Lot of Terracotta Vessels c.200-1000 AD. Size 2 1/4 - 3 3/4 inches high. Nice lot of miniature terracotta vessels. Ex Private NYC collection, acquired from arte primitivo.See Sold Price
Sold2024Style of Nazca Humanoid Pottery Vase.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.See Sold Price
Sold2023Nazca Wood, Ivory, & Copper Atl Atl, Ex Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A wonderful hand-carved wooden atl atl (also atlatl, atl-atl) or spear thrower of a rod-shaped form with an ivory finial at one end and a copSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Senufo Female Figure Ex Simmons, Ex Arte PrimitivoA lovely carved wooden female effigy with highly stylized face and form, and a deep well handled surface patina, custom mounted. The statue measures 17.5 inches tall ( 19.25 inches tall on professionaSee Sold Price
Sold2021Rare Wongo Mask Ex Levitt, Ex Komor, Ex Arte PrimitivoA very Rare carved wooden Pende Wongo mask. I highly stylized form with heavy eye lids, strong dramatic, almost cubistic mask, likely a rare example from Southeast of the Pende. The mask measures 15 xSee Sold Price
Sold2023Yoruba Gelede Wood Belly Mask - ex Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early to mid-20th century. A hand carved wooden fertility / birthing body mask worn during Gelede celebrations, rendered in the form of a prSee Sold Price
Sold2023Achaemenid Mottled Stone Bowl, Ex Arte PrimitivoAncient Near East, Achaemenid Empire, ca. 559 to 330 BCE. A stunning bowl, carved from inherently beautiful stone of translucent green and matte gray inclusions. The ancient vessel presents an elegantSee Sold Price
Sold2016Rare Chimu Blackware Pottery Stingray Vessel - Ex ArtePre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. An impressive blackware stirrup effigy vessel in the form of a stingray. Sculptors of the ancient Americas depicted powerful sea predatorsSee Sold Price
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions Inc*Sale Highlight* 3 15/16" Fluted Clovis, Dickey COA, found in Saline Co Illinois, Nice Broad form,$1,175(6 bids)