Bellin/Arkstee & Merkus: Environs of Aztec Mexico City

Cartographer: Bellin / Arkstee&Merkus Place/Date: Leipzig / 1760 Size: 6 3/8" x 8 1/4" Condition: b&w; overall age toning and light browning; some nicks on outer edge of left margin Bellin's detailed

Bellin/Arkstee & Merkus: Wall of Skulls in Aztec Mexico City The notorious Wall of Skulls ("burial place of sacrificial victims") in the Templo Major of Aztec Mexico City, from the German edition of P

Map/View: Grosser Tempel in Mexico Cartographer: Bellin / Arkstee&Merkus Place & Date: Leipzig / 1760 Size: 6" x 7 1/2" Condition: b&w; overall age toning and light spotting along edges of margins A d

Title/Content of Map: Carte des Environs de la Ville de Mexico / Ancien Mexico [and on a second sheet] Nouveau Mexico / Carte du lac de Mexico et de ses Environs Cartographer: Bellin / Chedel Place &

Map: Alt Mexico Cartographer: Bellin Place & Date: Leipzig / 1754 Size: 10 1/2" x 7 1/8" Condition: b&w; light overall age toning and light overprinting An evocative bird's eye view of ancient Mexico

Bellin/Arkstee & Merkus: Aztec Worship & Human Sacrifice A grizzly scene of human sacrifice before a statue of Vitzliputzli (Huitzilopochtli), the "leading god of the Mexicans [Aztecs]" from the Germa

6 7/16" Aztec Blade. Mexico City, MX. Found as a cache. Ex-Matt Roos, Swope Art Museum. Thin, glossy chert. Very well made, G10. 9/29/16: Corrected that this lot has a Jackson COA

Map: Description, Situations et Vue de la Ville de Mexique, des deux lacs sur lesquels elle est batie, du grand temple de cette ville, des sacrifices d'Hommes qu'on y faisoit, de l'Idole des Mexicains

Cartographer: Bellin / Arkstee&Merkus Place/Date: Leipzig / 1760 Size: 6 1/8" x 7 3/4" Condition: b&w; overall age toning and light browning and spotting along edges of margins Bellin's highly detaile

Pre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. An incredibly rare surviving gold disc from the Aztec culture - scholars estimate that the Spanish melted down 95% of Aztec gold, silver,

Pre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec Empire, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A rare and beautiful musical instrument. With four finger holes, a narrow blowing hole, and a flared, conical opening end, this in

Pre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec (Mexica), ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A beautiful example of a "tepoztli", the metal component of a "tlaximaltepoztli" (in Nahuatl, tlaximal=carpentry and tepoztli=me

Pre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec (Mexica), ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A fine collection of 5 copper axe heads of several shapes. The 2 widest have a straight spine and a blade edge that curves sligh

Pre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec, ca. 1500 CE. A group of five flat, flaring "hoe" shaped pieces of unstamped currency. These are also known as tajaderos, the Spanish word for a chopping knife

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A fine collection of copper axe heads used as utilitarian tools and as a form of currency. The 3 thicker bl

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Mexico City region, Aztec, ca. 1500 CE. A flat, flared "hoe" shaped piece of copper currency from the Aztec Empire. A lengthy handle extends

Pre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec, ca. 1500 CE. A group of five flat, flaring "hoe" shaped pieces of unstamped currency. These are also known as tajaderos, the Spanish word for a chopping knife

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Mexico City region, Aztec, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A fine copper axe head displaying an elongated body that flares to a curved blade at one end. Used as currency in pre-Columbian M

**Originally Listed At $200** Ancient Egypt, Coptic culture, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE (three); Pre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE (geometric symbol). Three roun

**First Time At Auction**Pre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A pair of white quartz ceremonial arrow points, each of simple triangular form with thick, rectangular stems. Th

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mexico City region, Aztec, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A charming ceramic vessel in the form of a deer or possibly a dog, with bulging applied disc eyes, large, point

Malachite Stone Aztec Calendar Replica Wall Art. This is a twentieth-century replica of a stone Aztec calendar found in Mexico City in 1760. It is made from a crushed malachite stone and has a backing

Map: Karte von dem Mexicanischen Meerbusen und dem Inseln von America Cartograper: Jacques Bellin / Arkstee & Merkus Place / Date: Leipzig / 1760 Size: 15" x 10 3/4" Condition: b&w. overall age toning

A Large Maciel Aztec Calendar Silver Tray, Mexico City, mid-20th century Marks: 14, MACIEL, STERLING, MADE IN MEXICO, 0.925, 47-16 1-1/2 x 33