Sclater's classic on these insect-eating birds of Central and South America

New World, South America, Bolivia, Aymara (Aimara) people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A ceremonial blanket, woven from alpaca wool, probably from the Challhuahuacho District of Peru. The textil

Thirteen Pre-Columbian Items including twelve ceramics from Central and South America and one Chimu cut sheet silver bird Provenance: The Larry Simmons Collection, Great Falls, VA Diameters: ranging f

This is a very fine and rare Pre-Columbian carved stone artifact from Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 AD. This is a classic Avian form Bird God and axe god pendant hand-carv

Pre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador type, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery bowl of the Copador type with a slightly rounded but

This is a very fine and rare Pre-Columbian carved stone artifact from Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 AD. This is a classic Avian / axe god pendant hand-carved and string-cu

Pot lid for X. Bazin Perfumed Bear Grease recovered from the S.S. Central America. Classic American pot lid, 3-3/16" diameter, 3/4" thick, 70.9 grams. Xavier Bazin was a French perfumer who moved to P

Includes (3) Specialty Albums of South and Central America, Very Nice album of Greece, Ryukyu Islands Sheets and more. See images for a sample of what is in this lot.

Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A gorgeous pottery vessel presenting a cylindrical body with inward-curving walls and a circular rim,

Thirty-Six Piece Hand Painted Herend Partial Tea Service, 20th c., Hungary, in blue Rothschild fish scale borders around insect decoration and central bird reserves, consisting of 6 dinner plates, 6 s

Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A fascinating and incredibly rare box made for holding a cache, featuring a prisoner of war spla

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A large tripod cylindrical vessel, its body painted with a dramatic repeated mot

Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A beautifully-carved, cream-colored shell formed into three panels that together form a human fi

Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A gorgeous collection of ancient Mayan beads: dozens of thin, round greenstone beads intersperse

Toltec-Maya, Post Classic Period, 900-1200 AD. A circular limestone relief marker from the human sacrificial ball game, carved with the skull of a defeated ballplayer with open mouth and scrolls of pl

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An incredible jadeite pendant of an abstract form that features a central humanoid figure framed by 4 birds, wo

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A breathtaking Costa Rican jade celt or pendant comprised of deeply hued yet translucent jade, expertly string cut with intriguing repres

First time at auction… Pre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador type, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A splendid pottery cylinder vessel, hand-painted with the processi

Pre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An elaborate, hand-built pottery cylinder vessel painted with a pair of intriguing, anthropomorphic

Pre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador type, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A beautiful pottery bowl of stable, round-bottomed form with a repeating series of 9 abstract f

A Chinese Famille Verte Dish, Kangxi, painted with landscape panels round a central roundel with two birds, flowers and insects, the base with chanelled rim and Artimesa leaf in underglaze blue, 35cm

Lot 204 Pair of Chinese Porcelain Famille Noire Vases the gu-form vases decorated with birds and insects among fruiting and flowering branches growing from rocky outcrops, the central frieze with six

The classic porcelain vase featuring rounded shoulder and a narrow slim foot, decorated with plum flower trees by the reticulated rockery, two birds and an insect perched on the branches, a mark impri

South Caucasus, circa 1910, two central medallions of green and blue, red field with quadrupeds, spandrels with bird, 4 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. Provenance: Private Chicago Estate

with wire and wood construction, central dome with finial and an integral wooden tray-form base, set on a later custom mahogany stand. Expected age and use wear, some insect damage in base, lacks tray