Rare Chimu Wooden Kero w/ Zoomorphic Motifs

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A hand-carved wooden drinking cup known as a kero (quero) with a flat base, a slightly corseted midsection which expands gradually

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A beautifully preserved wooden kero (quero, qero) with three hammered star / flower inlays and its surface painted black on interior and exterior

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fantastic pair of Chimu artifacts: a grayware jar in the form of a figure bound by a coiled snake and a blackware double-chamber,

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fantastic pair of Chimu artifacts: a grayware jar in the form of a figure bound by a coiled snake and a blackware double-chamber,

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery kero (also quero) presenting gorgeous abstract zoomorphic motifs across the elongated piriform body. The vessel features a round but

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 14th to 15th century CE. A superb wooden rattle with a monkey finial, which may have been part of a ceremonial staff. The wood panel is slit from both sides and

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku), ca. 400 to 600 CE. A hand-carved wooden kero (drinking cup) with a zoomorphic creature peering over the rim. The kero rests on

Bwa or Gurunsi Peoples, Burkina Faso, zoomorphic mask, 20th century, carved wooden mask featuring hyena / jackal motif. 21" H x 15.5" W x 7" D. Provenance: From the estate of a prominent Chinese music

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A fine grouping of 3 hand-built pottery bowls with narrow feet beneath broad, cylindrical bodies, all deco

Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A fine wheel-thrown pottery jar with a petite base, wide walls which curve gently along the midsection, a rounde

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery bowl with a planar base, a wide body, inward-angled walls, a de

**Originally Listed At $300** (1) Jose Martines (Mexican, 20th to 21st century). Mata Ortiz black and white pottery jar. Signed on underside of base; (2) Valentin Gutierrez (Mexican, 21st century). Ma

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 400 CE. A beautiful hand-built pottery bottle featuring an exquisite linear motif including a pair of identical zoomorphic figures on each side. The

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Syrian Provincial, Proto-Literate Period, ca. 3500 to 3000 BCE. A finely preserved stamp seal of a rectangular form carved from gray-green steatite with a

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A wonderful pottery kero presenting a corseted body and tall, flared neck that leads to a broad rim, all sitting u

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A hand-built drinking vessel known as a kero (also quero) in the shape of a right foot with a dramatically

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 500 CE. An attractive pottery kero adorned with a hand-painted motif of a vertically undulating band resembling a snake in hues of black, burnt orang

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Incan Empire, ca. 1300 to 1532 CE. An attractive kero (or drinking cup), hand-carved from hard wood, presenting a graceful conical body with a thick rim and a slight

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fascinating blackware vessel with a deep, inwardly-curved bowl, a long leg decorated with crested zoomorphic creatures,

A wooden vessel / bucket featuring a floral motif along all sides. Speckled red brown hued wood, beige hued backing to the pink, purple, and green hued florals. Measures approx 12H x 11W in. Underside

A 19th century plank bottom wooden chair featuring a fruit & laurel motif. Spindles to backing, pears & grapes motif to backing as well. Hand painted accents. Four legs and backing feature carved deta

Adams & Westlake CO., NY-Chicago- Phila. Adlake no. 250 Kero. w/wooden handle and orange lens with Adlake Kero stamped on lens. Very old.

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A mold-formed blackware pottery vessel bearing attractive avian motifs along the upper body. The slightly carinated spherical body presen

Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. An unusual double, janus-headed wooden sceptor, finely carved with two sets of janus heads, the upper pair with and intricately carved double-pointe