Rare Jalisco Bi-Chrome Dog Effigy Vessel

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Most collectors of Pre-Columbian pottery are familiar with puppies coming from the Colima region. This more unusual puppy hails from Jalisco

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 200 to 400 CE. This animal effigy vessel - probably a dog - is deep red with swirling negative designs. There is a spout on the tail. Zoomorphic effigy vessels

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. While most collectors of Pre-Columbian pottery are familiar with pups from the Colima region, canines from Jalisco are relatively rare. This

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. "Quack, quack. Waddle, waddle!" - An endearing and cleverly composed bichrome terracotta duck effigy vessel - the body of the vessel is orange and ne

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An unusual bichrome pottery effigy vessel in the form of a curled up animal - deemed an embryonic canine - standing upon four legs

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A lively pairing of potteries from the ancient Jalisco culture of West Mexico including a vessel in the form of a barking dog and a bichrome female f

**Originally Listed At $800** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Puruha and Canari, ca. 850 to 1500 CE. A very rare bichrome vessel with dual (janus) faces, extensively decorated with stylized geometric motifs -

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III-IV, ca. 200 CE. Something’s fishy about this piece? Seriously fishy! The Moche were avid fisherman who garnered this abundant food source from the coastal

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III, ca. 100 to 200 CE. A simple yet elegant jaguar effigy stirrup vessel in a bichrome finish with the red jaguar's body sprawled atop the white, near-spherical

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit or possibly Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An endearing bichrome animal effigy vessel with a spout projecting from its back. The sweet zoomorphic being perches upon

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 600 CE. A most unusual bi-chrome terracotta vessel that clearly demonstrates the potter's love of geometry. The squat, rounded body is adorned by four

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This is a really unique piece; a pottery dog in the form of a jar. He has a spiny ridge running down his back and humanized arms. The surfac

Pre-Columbian Quimbaya culture (Colombia, 100 BCE-700 CE). A fine polychrome pottery aryballos, decorated with sophisticated negative-resist geometrics in black and red in stratified bands runni

**Originally Listed At $1500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche 4, classic period, ca. 400 to 500 CE. Perfect for any fan of the macabre - a bichrome pottery effigy stirrup vessel representing t

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III-IV, ca. 500 CE. A fabulous frog effigy stirrup vessel of an endearingly expressive form with bulging eyes, slit mouth, and legs poised to leap. The surface i

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Calima area, Yotoco culture, ca. 100 BCE to 800 CE. A toad- or frog-shaped stirrup vessel with a knobbled texture to its surface and a dynamic pose pushed up on its powerful f

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A wonderful pair of bichrome potteries from this ancient culture of West Mexico, including a figural vessel with coffee bean eyes, pronounced nose, a

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 900 to 1250 CE. A very large bi-chrome earthenware egg-shape bodied effigy vessel with a single strap handle on the back of the neck, the figure's head

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 900 to 1250 CE. A very large bi-chrome earthenware egg-shape bodied effigy vessel with a single strap handle on the back of the neck, the figure's head

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 900 to 1250 CE. A very large bi-chrome earthenware egg-shape bodied effigy vessel with a single strap handle on the back of the neck, the figure's head

Pre-Columbian, Chancay culture, Peru, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A fabulous bi-chrome earthenware egg-shape bodied effigy vessel, the figure's head depicted on the neck of the vessel with bulging coffee-bean

Pre-Columbian, Chancay culture, Peru, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. An endearing bi-chrome earthenware egg-shape bodied effigy vessel, the figure's head depicted on the neck with bulging coffee-bean shaped eyes

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. An impressively rendered ceramic vessel depicting Ai Apaec, the supreme deity of the Moche peoples, standing before or perhaps emerging f

A Jalisco San Juanito Style horned toad-dog effigy vessel, West Mexico, c. 100 BC - AD 250, the body rectangular in shape with spikes around the outer edges, matching spike line the rim as well as the