Rare Olmec Blackware Transformational Jar

Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerica, Olmec culture, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. An amazing blackware jar with rich, fascinating iconography. A crouched figure sits with spindly knees drawn up; there is little suggest

Pre-Columbian, Colombia or Venezuela, Tairona, ca. 800 CE. Rare blackware pottery jar in the form of a rotund human. He holds his short arms at his girthy sides, wearing a long necklace, a large labre

Pre-Columbian, Colombia or Venezuela, ca. 800 CE. Rare blackware pottery jar in the form of a rotund human. He holds his short arms at his girthy sides, wearing large and long necklace, large labret i

Pre-Columbian, Peru, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. The aryballos (storage jar) was a favorite ceramic form of the Inca. As you can see this example boasts a characteristic elegant, long neck with flared rim; h

Back at auction due to fraudulent bidder from 6/2/2016 sale… Pre-Columbian, Peru, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. The aryballos (storage jar) was a favorite ceramic form of the Inca. As you can see this examp

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona region, ca. 1000 to 1550 CE. Like much Tairona art, this one has so many details that it will take you many viewings to see them all. A blackware vessel with an elonga

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. Fine pottery blackware jar with human head spout, strap handle and impressed with twin abstract lizard / transformational beasts on th

Title: OLMEC TRANSFORMATIONAL SEATED FIGURE Date/Period: 1000 - 400 BC Materials: Serpentine Size: Size: 4.5" W x 8" H Provenance: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico. 1000 to 400 BCE. A superb unique mesm

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 400 BCE. A masterwork from the Olmec, the oldest major civilization in the Pre-Columbian world, this large circular pendant is finely car

A San Ildefonso Blackware Jar Maria Martinez and Popovi Da c. 1965 clay, paint, signed Maria / Popovi Diameter: 8 inches HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

A Santa Clara Blackware Jar Serafina Tafoya c. 1910 clay, accompanied by an attribution letter written by Nathan Youngblood Height: 14 ½ inches 
 
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Native American, Maria Montoy Poveka Martinez (1887-1980) and conjunction with her son Popovi Da Martinez (1923-1971), New Mexico, northwest of Santa Fe, San Ildefonso Pueblo, ca. 1962 CE. Signed "Mar

A Santa Clara Blackware Jar c. 1900 clay, paint Height: 15 ½ inches HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

Margaret Tafoya Santa Clara Pueblo, (1904-2001), a wide blackware pottery jar with gently sloping shoulders carved with an encircling Avanyu, signed: Margaret Tafoya (partially obscured). height 10 3/

Pre-Columbian, Olmec culture, ca. 900 BCE. This is a well-proportioned cylindrical ceramic vessel with a splayed rim, unusual for its relatively monochromatic white/cream slip covered surface, and fin

A Large Santa Clara Blackware Jarc. 1935 clay, stone polished surfaceDiame

Attributed to Margaret Tafoya(Santa Clara, 1904 - 2001)Blackware Jar, ca. 1920 - 1930fired clayHeight 12 1/2 x Diameter 11 1/4 in. (31.8 x 28.6 cm.) Private Collection, Texas

A Maria Martinez blackware jar Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso (c.1887-1980) Polished to a high lustre, with a repeating series of registers with stepped and triangular motifs above the shoulder, signed

Margaret Tafoya Santa Clara Pueblo, (1904-2001), a rounded blackware pottery jar with relief-carved Avanyu serpent encircling the upper half, signed: Margaret, scratches on the interior rim. height 6

Nancy Youngblood (Santa Clara, b.1955) Two Jars: Carved Blackware Jar with Avanyu Design, 1988 and Blackware Melon Jar, 1985 each signed Nancy Youngblood Cutler and dated (base) first height 3 1/8 x d

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. Rare and finely carved black stone phallus. Realistically rendered male genitalia shown erect. Suspension loop on top of testicles. Very rare to fin

Black on black decoration of serpent, signed on base "Maria/Julian", 6 1/2" diameter x 5 1/2" high.

Maria Montoy Poveka Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1887-1980). Blackware jar, ca. 1920 to 1925 CE. Signed "Marie" on underside of base. A minimalist yet elegant blackware jar by famed potter Maria Ma

Maria + Julian Martinez(San Ildefonso, 1887 - 1980) + (San Ildefonso, 1879 - 1943)Blackware Jar, ca. 1940sfired clayinscribed: Maria / + / JulianHeight 6 3/4 x Diameter 8 1/2 in. (17.15 x 21.59 cm.) P