Valdivian Limestone Standing Owl Idol

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand carved, light grey limestone palette of a curved, quasi-rectangular form with boldly cut lines delineat

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Earliest Horizon, Valdivian, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A Valdivian stone owl effigy with a stylized visage delineated on the upper section and a perched body with abstract wings up

Valdivian Carved Limestone Owl Effigy, Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Earliest Horizon, Valdivian, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE; 6.5" high

Valdivian Carved Limestone Owl Effigy, Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Earliest Horizon, Valdivian, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE; 7" high

Valdivian Carved Limestone Owl Effigy, Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Earliest Horizon, Valdivian, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE; 4.75" x 3.5" high

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand carved, light grey limestone palette of a curved, quasi-rectangular form with boldly cut lines delineat

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand carved, light grey limestone palette of a curved, quasi-rectangular form with boldly cut lines delineat

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Earliest Horizon, Valdivian, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A skillfully-executed limestone carving of a wide-eyed owl visage with streaming tear marks on a quasi-ovoid plank. The sculp

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand-carved volcanic tuff stone idol of a highly abstract form depicting what scholars believe to be an owl. The relat

Pre-Columbian Valdivia culture, Ecuador, hand carved pale grey stone, likely limestone, owl figure statue, circa 3500-1500 BCE, mounted on a gilt bronze stand with old Maitres-Besch Auction House, Can

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A skillfully carved green mudstone idol depicting a highly abstract owl of a squat, trapezoidal form. The curious bird's

Originally listed at $400 Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A set of 2 hand-built pottery idols from the ancient Valdivian culture. First is a miniature standing figuri

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand carved, light grey limestone palette of a curved, quasi-rectangular form with boldly cut lines delineat

Near East/Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman period, ca. 1st century CE. A fascinating limestone figure, depicting a standing man draped in heavily textured himation. His face stares straight ahead at the view

Northern Qi Dynasty, Ca. 550-577 AD (or later). The slender, elegant figure is depicted in a standing pose, originally on top of a socle, with right hand raised in abhaya mudra, and the left hand lowe

Southern Arabia, near modern day Yemen, Sabaean people, ca. late 1st millennium BCE to early 1st millennium CE. An incredibly rare figure of a woman, hand-carved from chalky-white limestone, shown sta

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A creamy white limestone idol each with a distinctive beak-like nose, a narrow torso that widens at the waist, arms stretched outward

Pre-Columbian, South America, Ecuador, Valdivian, Earliest Horizon, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand carved, light grey limestone palette of a somewhat rectangular form with incised, string-cut diagonal a

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A ceramic figurine of a standing female with prominent nose, arms extended, incised detail to neck, face and body. See Villes, A & Luci, K. Dieux des Balkans. Figurin

Folk art rendition of a small standing owl with outstretched wings. The google eyes and overall form contribute to the menacing humour of this piece. Mounted on the original painted base. Quebec, 3rd

approx. 16" H x 7" W x 6" D Condition: Good

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian people, ca. 3300 BCE. This is a light gray limestone slab with boldly cut diagonal and straight lines as well as drilled dots forming a surface design. To modern eyes

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A ceramic figurine of a standing female with triangular headdress, stub arms extended laterally, incised chevron detailing to face and body; mounted on a custom-made

Western Asia, Dagestan Region, located on the northwestern shores of the Caspian Sea, ca. 1500 to 500 BCE. A highly abstract anthropomorphic cast bronze standing idol, with hands crossed over the stom