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Pre-Columbian Vera Cruz Pottery Figural Whistle

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Pre Columbian Vera Cruz Seated Pottery Dignitary: Gulf coast of Mexico, Remojadas, Ca. 600 to 800 AD. Seated figure, cross-legged, wearing a tunic, ear spools and necklace. His face and ornate headdress are painted with black tar bitumen highlights.

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Veracruz Pottery Terracotta Head 600 - 900 AD: Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz. Wonderfully detailed Vera Cruz pottery head fragment, with elaborate hair detail, large earspools and remains of chest show the figure wore a necklace. C

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Ancient Pre-Columbian, Veracruz figure c.500-900 AD.: Ancient Pre-Columbian, Veracruz figure c.500-900 AD. Size 13 1/2 inches high. Rare Hollow pottery Male figure standing with smiling face wearing large necklace, separately made articulated arms, left

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Veracruz Pottery Standing Sonriente Figure: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 5th to 7th century CE. A standing pottery figure adorned in white pigment while wearing elaborate vestments and

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Veracruz Nopiloa Pottery Lord Figure: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz) culture, Nopiloa style, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A wonderful mold-formed pottery figure of a lord in a h

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Veracruz Nopiloa Pottery Bottle in Frog Form: Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz, ca. 700 to 900 CE. An amusing, mold-formed pottery poison bottle in the form of a smiling frog, shown squatting with delineated male genitalia between his l

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Fine Veracruz Polychrome Standing Elite with Bird: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz culture, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. An amazing pottery figure of a standing elite person. Hands and legs extended, wearing a poncho with triangular decorations and tas

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Nazca-Huari Polychrome Figural Whistle Vessel: Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca to Huari/Wari, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A delightful pottery whistle vessel in the form of a bowing male figure with supine hands before him, all skillfully hand-paint

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Pre-Columbian Vera Cruz Pottery Figural Whistle

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Pre-Columbian Vera Cruz (100 BCE - 900 CE) Pottery Figural Whistle, on stand. Presented with a rounded face, almond-shaped eyes, overbite with a feathered headcrest, rounded belly, articulated re-attached arms, chest band, beaded necklace and pendant earrings. Provenance: Artemis Gallery, Louisville, CO; [COA] Private New York Collector; Sotheby's, New York, November 27-28, 1984, Lot 147. Size: 8'' x 3/5'' x 2'' (20 x 89 x 5 cm) including stand. Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserves in this Auction; All Acceptable Bidding Commences at the Online Start Price.

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Pre-Columbian Vera Cruz Pottery Figural Whistle

Name: Pre-Columbian Vera Cruz Pottery Figural Whistle
SKU: 93899289
Price: 400 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $800 - $1,200

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