Veracruz Pottery Sonriente Head, ex-Museum

Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz), ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A lovely hollow-molded pottery head of a sonriente ("smiling face") with a flared neck base. Wearing a pair of beaded

Pre-Columbian Sonriente head, ex-Mathias Komor, c. 600-900 CE, Veracruz, Mexico region, moulded brown terracotta pottery, part of a larger statue, the smiling figure with scrolling headdress and ear o

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Ghana, Akan peoples, ca. late 18th to 19th century CE. A hand-built pottery head that perhaps depicts an ancestor with slit-form eyes and puffy lids, a slender n

Pre-Columbian, Veracruz (Vera Cruz) Mexico, ca. 600 to 800 CE. An adorable smiling Sonriente head in molded pottery. He wears a headdress and ear ornaments on his triangular head. Wide almond-shaped e

Pre-Columbian Pottery "Sonriente" Head, Veracruz, realistically modeled smiling face, with a flattened brow line extending into a pierced rectangular coiffure with raised scrolling ribbon design, h. 6

Ancient Pre Columbian, Nasca Pottery head vessel, Ex Musee Des Beaux Arte Museum Montreal 1957. Canada. Size 5 3/4 inches high x 4 1/2 inches diameter. Peru AD 300-600. A painted pottery vessel with a

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A fabulous canteen of an enormous size that is hand-built from pottery with highly burnished surfaces and intricate decorations paint

Nice Veracruz Sonriente terracotta head, Mexico, smiling Sonriente, terracotta head fragment, on museum mount, 6.5"h x 7"w x 3.5"d (head only), 8"h (incl. stand)

Gulf coast of Mexico, Remojadas, Ca. 600 to 800 AD. An effigy head from a full figure, he wears a headdress and beaded neck strand. He has wide almond eyes and smiling open work grinning mouth. Size 6

Ancient pottery, bronzes, miniatures, & fragments, Incl. miniature bronze rams's head and horse, pottery figure on turtleback, turtle form scarab type figure, and alabaster hand fragment, ex-museum pi

Pre-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, c

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Veracruz / Vera Cruz region, ca. 400 to 600 CE. Pottery head from a sonriente, clearly depicting the most characteristic aspect of the sonriente, a wonderfully amusing

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Viru culture, ca. 300 BCE to 100 CE. A hand-built and highly-burnished pottery vessel with a negative resist design on the body, feline head with large toothy grin, cu

Southeast Asia, Thailand, Sukhothai Kingdom, ca. 13th to 14th century CE. An endearing pottery turtle displaying a large, convex shell, 4 fin-like feet, a petite, pointed tail, and a raised head with

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, 1100 to 1470 CE. A fine terracotta stirrup vessel in the form of a stylized camelid head, such as a llama, alpaca, or even vicuna. The cranium rests on a concave and conica

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A fabulous hand-built pottery vessel depicting a dignified figure with a bulbous body and cylindrical head topped by a flared headdress that

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A fabulous hand-built pottery vessel depicting a dignified figure with a bulbous body and cylindrical head topped by a flared headdress that

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A wonderful blackware kero in the form of a shaman head in the midst of transformation. Supported by a flat, circular base, the ancient figur

An important Veracruz head from Mexico, ca. 600-900 A.D. This monumental size head would have been part of an incensario figure dedicated to the god Chaac. The realistic expression on the face is stri

A haunting Vintage Shrunken Head. South American, early twentieth century. Displayed at the Metamora Museum Of Oddities as an authentic shrunken head, but is more likely an excellent vintage facsimile

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, also known as Totonac (Totonaca), Remojadas, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A superb, life-size, pottery head of a dignitary coated in stucco and rendered in a highly real

A rare and fine example standing about 15".This lot, and more forthcoming. are from the estate of a true antiquity connoisseur in every sense of the word. This antiquarian truly enjoyed the treasures

LARGE PRE-COLUMBIAN VERACRUZ POTTERY HEADLarge Mexico Pre-Columbian (Veracruz) moulded pottery head; the spade form head with a large smooth forehead, rolled lids and unarticulated pupils, a strong no

A Veracruz Sonriente Head Mexico, Circa 600-900 A.D. Height 7 inches (17.5 cm). Property from the European Family Collection of a Pharmaceutical Executive and Venture Capitalist Provenance: Gifted to