Very Fine Inca Blackware Pottery Stirrup Jar - Warrior

Pre-Columbian, northern to central Peru, Inca, but possibly made by a Chimu artisan, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A handsome burnished blackware stirrup vessel depicting the head of an elite lord or warrior,

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche II, ca. 300 to 400 CE. Very attractive pottery stirrup vessel - jar used to store water and chicha with the spout shaped so it can be attached to one's belt. Vessel

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu/Inca, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A spirited blackware pottery effigy stirrup vessel in the form of a jaguar standing squarely on all four paws with a curled tail. The wild cat's e

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chimu culture, ca 1100 to 1400 CE. Very fine pottery stirrup vessel in blackware. Bulbous base decorated with temple step pattern and small stippled pattern many think re

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. This is a finely carved black ware strap handled jar in the shape of a monkey's head. Fine lines around the face give the impression of a wizened old a

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. This is a finely carved black ware strap handled jar in the shape of a monkey's head. Fine lines around the face give the impression of a wizened old a

Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Inca, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. Peru had already been a center of outstanding pottery production for thousands of years when the Inca rose to power. The Moche had developed the

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. This is a black ware stirrup vessel with a strap handle decorated with a frog and a conical spout shaped like the head and h

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu or Inca, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A delightful matte black ceramic stirrup jar with a tall spout and a tiny monkey perched against the junction between spout and handle. The bod

**Originally Listed At $1250** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche I, ca. 100 to 200 CE. A figural stirrup vessel in the form of a conical-headdressed warrior. The warrior is kneeling, and wears a

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche II, ca. 300 to 400 CE. This elegant vessel portrays a spotted duck, skillfully modeled and decorated with a bichrome red and cream finish and textured wings and

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Viru, ca. 300 BCE to 100 CE. A Viru bichrome whistling vessel in the form of a sweet monkey or transitioning dwarf/shaman with simian features, an arched tubular bridg

**First Time At Auction**Asia Minor, Yortan culture or related in Western Anatolia, modern-day Turkey, Early Bronze Age, ca. 3000 to 2500 BCE. A black slip-ware terracotta vessel with three thin protr

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru. Moche III ca. 450 to 550 CE. A very fine and expressive pottery stirrup jar in the menacing form of Ai Apec. Ai Apec was the god of the underworld and just an all-around

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. Fine pottery blackware jar with human head spout, strap handle and impressed with twin abstract lizard / transformational beasts on th

Originally listed at $1,000... Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu/Inca culture, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A fine blackware stirrup vessel featuring an architectural building - likely a temple or shrine

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru, Inca, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery stirrup vessel depicting a cacique (prominent societal elder) in a sea

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche II /III ca. 300 to 400 CE. Fine pottery stirrup vessel - often used to store chicha, a type of early Native beer - in the form of a seated warrior. He wears a strip

Pre-Columbian, Peru, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A lively blackware pottery stirrup vessel with a near-spherical body in the form of a jaguar head featuring an expressive visage with incised almond-shaped ey

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche II /III ca. 300 to 400 CE. Fine pottery stirrup vessel - often used to store chicha, a type of early Native beer - in the form of a seated warrior. He wears a strip

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin/Salinar, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A blackware stirrup vessel of a classic form with a round, near spherical body, a thick stirrup and substantial, subtly flaring tub

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A blackware stirrup jar with one half of the stirrup in the form of a perched bird. Around the upper shoulder is a repeated register of different kinds

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A fine blackware pottery vessel of an ovoid bottle form with a pair of high relief anthropomorphic figures, perhaps caziques given their he

Lambayeque Black Ware Pottery Stirrup Vessel. Unsigned. Of the period. Spout shaped in head, with other character heads around vessel. Measures 8.5 H x 7 D in. In good condition, normal wear consisten