Sold2022Superb Moche Polychrome Portrait Head Vessel, TL TestedPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 800 CE. A superb example of a portrait vessel featuring the head of a lord or warrior. He has a strong wild-eyed gaze and a prominent septum piercingSee Sold Price
Sold2024Moche Pottery Tattooed Portrait Head Vessel, TL TestedPre-Columbian, north coast Peru, Moche, Phase III to IV, ca. 350 to 700 CE. A wonderful pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a portrait head with prominent face tattoos embellishing the chin, upper lSee Sold Price
Sold2023Moche Polychrome Stirrup Portrait Vessel of a LordPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A superb and expertly decorated pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a portrait head of a lord with a naturalistic visage crownedSee Sold Price
Sold2022Nazca Polychrome Head Vessel Trophy Heads, TL Tested**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A remarkable pottery "trophy head" vessel featuring a bulbous body that tapers to a brief neck and a flared, annulaSee Sold Price
Sold2021Fierce Moche Pottery Warrior Portrait Vessel w/ TL**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche, Phase III, ca. 400 to 500 CE. A superb portrait vessel created by the Moche culture. The Moche of northern Peru may be the only ancient cSee Sold Price
Sold2017Rare Set of Four Mixtec Polychrome Heads - TL TestedPre-Columbian, Central Highlands, Mexico, Mixtec culture, ca. 800 CE. Exceedingly rare set of four portrait heads done in heavy gray pottery, then finished in red and white added pigments. Each is carSee Sold Price
Sold2021Moche Polychrome Jaguar Stirrup Vessel w/ TL, ex-MuseumPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A gorgeous example of a pottery stirrup vessel depicting the head of a fierce jaguar. Presented in hues of citrine, burnt sienna, cSee Sold Price
Sold2015Pre-Columbian Moche, Peru, portrait terracotta stirrupPre-Columbian Moche, Peru, portrait terracotta stirrup vessel, decorated with a polychrome decorated head of a male wearing a geometric decorated headress, 11.5"hSee Sold Price
Sold2022Tall Mixtec Polychrome Vessel, TL TestedPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca or Guerrero region, Mixtec culture, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A gorgeous, hand-built pottery vase of a sizable form bearing a wide, conical foot surmounted by a tall, taperedSee Sold Price
Sold2022Pre-Columbian Moche Portrait Head Vessel2nd-5th century A.D. A blackware ceramic vessel in the form of a male head wearing a conical cap and large, discoid ear ornaments, semi-naturalistic facial features and strap handle to reverse. See QuSee Sold Price
Sold2017Indus Valley Polychrome Vessel - TL TestedSouth Asia, Indus Valley, Pakistan, ca. 2000 BCE. Very fine and extensively decorated, a polychrome pottery cup on a short foot, adorned on the exterior walls with twin birds, one gracing each side, aSee Sold Price
Sold2022Nazca Polychrome Stirrup Vessel, TL TestedPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 1st century BCE to 2nd century CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a relatively spherical form with a round but stable base, sloped shoulders, and a stirrup-See Sold Price
Sold2017Moche I Polychrome Portrait Vessel - Old Man**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, Moche I period, ca. 100 to 550 CE. An amazing mold-made pottery stirrup vessel in the form of an old man The stirrup emeSee Sold Price
Sold2017Moche I Polychrome Portrait Vessel - Old Man**Originally Listed at $500** Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, Moche I period, ca. 100 to 550 CE. An amazing mold-made pottery stirrup vessel in the form of an old man The stirrup emeSee Sold Price
Sold2021Fierce Moche Warrior Portrait Vessel w/ TL TestPre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, 450 to 600 CE. A fierce portrait vessel depicting a warrior with veristic facial detailing including a protruding nose, bulging cheeks, wide eyes,See Sold Price
Sold2018Moche Portrait Head of Dignitary VesselPottery head vessel having a stirrup type spout, depicting a dignitary wearing a horned headdress with side wing-like appendages. The mans face is painted with a star-like pattern. Similar horns can bSee Sold Price
Sold2018Pre-Columbian Moche Portrait Head of Dignitary VesselPre-Columbian Moche Portrait Head of Dignitary Vessel from Peru, ca. 500-700 CE. Pottery head vessel having a stirrup type spout, depicting a dignitary wearing a horned headdress with side wing-like aSee Sold Price
Sold2022Moche Pottery Lizard Stirrup Vessel, TL TestedPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A delightful bi-chrome stirrup vessel in the form of an iguana. The stirrup rises from the lizard's back, capped by a short, perfectly formedSee Sold Price
2022Nazca Polychrome Vessel w/ Mythical Being, TL TestedPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A hand-built pottery cup adorned with a vibrantly colored depiction of the fierce "Anthropomorphic Mythical Being." The kero cup or bowlSee Sold Price
Sold2018Moche Redware Portrait Vessel - Head w/ Lip Plug**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 200 to 400 CE. A fine redware portrait vessel depicting the head of a dignitary or person of import with bold yet remarkably lSee Sold Price
Sold2021Moche Pottery Figural Stirrup Vessel, TL Tested**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A hand-built and impressively well-preserved stirrup vessel presenting a dignified male figure seated witSee Sold Price
Sold2017Moche Stirrup Vessel Geometric Motifs - TL Tested**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche IV, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A large, flat-bottomed, ovoid bichrome terracotta stirrup-spouted vessel with fine-line painted russet brownSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Moche III-V Style Portrait Head Pottery Vessel – Modern.A Moche III-V Style Portrait Head Pottery Vessel – Modern. Size 11 1/2 inches high, 8 inches wide. A large pottery figural vessel with handle. Provenance: Estate of David Sheridan, Branchburg,See Sold Price
Sold2021Nazca Polychrome Jar w/ Trophy Heads, TL TestedPre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a voluminous form with a round but stable base, a compressed spherical body with a central carination, and a tall, flared rimSee Sold Price
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions Inc11 1/2" Replica Pre-Colombian Moche Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel$10
May 14Hermann Historica GmbHA small Eastern Mediterranean agate vessel with duck, 15th - 14th century B.C.€4,400