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Gerard Justin Ferrari (American, b. 1969), Blue Jet-Pac teapot, 2004, glazed hand-built terra cotta, signed, 16"w x 7"d x 9"h Provenance: Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 12 November 2004, Catal

Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Iron Age II, ca. 800 to 500 BCE. A large hand-built terracotta offering vessel with two main components. First is an openwork conical pedestal with a slight concave base

East Asia, Japan, Jomon Period, ca. 14,000 to 300 BCE, coming with a TL Report showing it was fired/ produced around 4,000 years ago. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form wi

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya Peninsula, ca. 600 to 1100 CE. A magnificent hand-built terracotta, two-piece incensario with a zoomorphic effigy finial perched upon the vented lid, a sph

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base. The exterior walls are adorned by incised paralle

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base. The exterior walls are adorned by incised paralle

East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 BCE. A graceful, hand-built terracotta vessel presenting a flat base, a cylindrical body, an expanding shoulder with a thick rim, and a perforated protrus

East Asia, Japan, Middle Jomon period, ca. 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE, most likely about 4,500 years old. A sizeable, hand-built terracotta vessel of an elegant form with a flat base, a gently tapering body

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Middle Babylonian Period, ca. 1595 to 1155 BCE. A trio of hand-built terracotta administrative tablets with rectangular forms, slightly-rounded peripheries, and convex

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A fine pair of hand-built terracotta foundation cones with roughly-three-quarters of their conical bodies wrapped in ide

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan culture, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A fine pair of hand-built terracotta figures depicting mothers and their children. One figure wears a white-outlined sh

Ancient Egypt, Predynastic Period, Naqada II, ca. 3400 to 3200 BCE. A hand-built terracotta earthenware vessel of a globular form, the body decorated throughout with red pigment in a series of vertica

East Asia, Japan, Jomon Period, ca. 14,000 to 300 BCE, most likely about 3,000 to 4,000 years old. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base, the exterior walls

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Vera Cruz, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A hand-built terracotta figural vessel depicting a seated deity or shaman with his hands placed upon crossed legs and a fantastical v

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built terracotta gable roofed house supported by four struts / feet, adorned in red slip with nice remains of black negative resist d

Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, Honduras, Ulua Valley, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A large and impressive hand-built terracotta vessel with two turtle heads serving as handles on opposite sides, the body bet

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Central Asia, Indus River Valley, Mehrgarh, ca. 2600 to 2500 BCE. A hand-built terracotta figure of a slender seated fertility goddess. She sits with both legs togeth

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine hand-built terracotta warrior figure standing atop delineated legs in a wide stance. Wearing a plaited skirt with several dangling orn

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2080 to 2030 BCE. A hand-built terracotta tablet of a rectangular form with twenty-one lines of Cuneiform text. The small tablet - or "biscuit" - h

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque, ca. 500 CE. A touching, hand-built terracotta maternal scene featuring a woman holding a baby in her arms across her lap, while another child in a carrier clings to

Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A mesmerizing hand-built terracotta vessel depicting a male cargador (carrier), leaning forward with folded arms wresting upon

Native American, Southwest, New Mexico, Tesuque Pueblo people, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. Three hand-built terracotta sculptures of a "Rain Deity" seated- the two remaining arms have the ch

Ancient West Africa, Nigeria, Nok culture, ca. 500 BCE to 600 CE. A hand-built terracotta effigy depicting a kneeling figure with arms held tightly against the ribs. The figure wears a set of parallel

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A sizeable hand-built terracotta seated figure with both legs bent in front and lengthy arms resting upon rounded knees. His torso showcases