Calima Ilama Pottery Stirrup Offering Jar w/ Dove

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Valle Del Cauca, Calima culture, Ilama Phase, ca. 400 BCE to 200 CE. A hand-built redware pottery stirrup vessel of a bulbous form depicting an abstract avian dove. The vessel

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, Phase III, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A very finely crafted pottery stirrup jar - an early version of a beer jar used to hold chicha - mo

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Valle Del Cauca, Calima culture, Ilama Phase, ca. 400 BCE to 100 CE. A lovely redware vessel in the form of a squatting male figure, perhaps a dwarf. Sitting upon a flat base,

Ancient Greece, Mycenaean Period, Late Helladic II to Late Helladic IIIB period, ca. 1450 to 1200 BCE. An attractive, wheel-thrown pottery jar with a carinated circular body resting atop a squat, slig

**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

Hummert Estate: South American Peruvian Moche Erotica Pottery Stirrup Jar, measures 6''L x 6''W x 6.75''H

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, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A skillfully executed, hand-built pottery stirrup vessel portraying a seated shaman with knees drawn up and holding a scepter in his right ha

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fabulous, mold-made pottery stirrup vessel presenting a planar base, a spherical body, and a tubular spout, all enveloped in a rich bla

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, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 10th to 12th CE. An exceptionally large, hand-built, polychrome effigy vessel, perhaps a burial urn, depicting a seated male figure holding a pedestaled

Hummert Estate Moche Erotica Stirrup Pottery Jar, measures 6.75''H x 6'' x 6.5''W

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche I, ca. 100 to 200 CE. Wonderfully painted and well-preserved pottery stirrup vessel - a type of jar used to hold chicha - ancient Peruvian corn beer. Bulbous base d

Ancient Egypt, Predynastic period, late Naqada II to Naqada III, ca. 3200 to 3000 BCE. An enormous hand-built marl clay jar with a russet-hued surface made with a thin iron-oxide slip. The burnished v

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. One of the earliest types of stirrup vessel, from the "Classic Chavin" period, as it represents the early mono-colored stirrup vessels found in the mou

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Among the finest and the largest that we have ever seen, a beautiful redware vessel of an overall gourd-like form with four peyote buttons de

Native American, American Southeast, Nodena Phase, Mississippian Culture, “Walls Engraved” type ca. 1350 CE. A fine example of a rare ceramic type, most likely from the Missouri/ Arkansas border a

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of a tall and slender form exhibiting fine patterning and ancient charm. The vessel presents with a planar base, a c

East Asia, Japan, Middle Jomon period, ca. 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE, most likely about 4,500 years old. A sizeable, hand-built terracotta vessel of an elegant form with a flat base, a gently tapering body

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche IV (Classic Period), ca. 550 to 650 CE. A large-chambered stirrup vessel with a wide spout, a stirrup handle that flares out as it meets the body of the vessel, and a flat b

Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 400 CE. Large and quite wonderful pottery stirrup vessel. In generally circular form with front molded with slightly raised shoulders and squared lower

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

Two Mycenaean pottery stirrup jars Circa 1400-1300 B.C. The larger piriform example tapering towards the base, the shoulder decorated with a flowerhead and radiating petals, the body with encircling

Pre-Columbian, central/north coast Peru, Moche, Phase II, ca. 200 to 300 CE. A finely constructed pottery vessel with a large standing owl with long talons in high relief, feathers in low relief body