Colima Reclinatorio Vessel Abstract Creature

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An impressive hand-made pottery reclinatorio depicting an abstract creature, perhaps a dolphin, a fish, or a bird. The front of the vessel is

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Protoclassic, ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE. Burnished pottery headrest finely modeled with an avian figure with arms/wings extended, the vessel resting on its splayed tail and spou

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 1000 BCE. A sizable example of a hand-built brownware pottery vessel featuring intricate, abstract zoomorphic creatures. The vessel presents with a

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A charming redware pottery vessel depicting a stylized coatimundi with a raised tail and a broad spout upon its back. The creature stands on

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine set of 2 matching incensario lids, each hand-built from red-hued pottery, depicting an abstract zoomorphic creature similar to an arma

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery reclinatario depicting an abstract avian creature with a slender beak. The piece rests upon a broad

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. A hand-built bowl with a deep, red-painted basin, a flared rim, and 3 abstract avian creatures, all above a trio of tall, loop-form legs

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya Peninsula, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Tall and vibrantly decorated footed jar with central band of abstract zoomorphic creatures, with 6 additional bands with rope patterns

Ancient Central Asia, Bactria, ca. early 2nd millennium BCE. An intriguing cosmetics vessel, hand-built from grayware pottery, depicting an abstract horse-like creature standing atop a quartet of rod-

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine example of Colima pottery, simple yet elegant in style, rich in symbolic iconography, and boasting sublime technique! An evocative

Pre-Columbian, Peru (Ecuador border), Chavin Maranon, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A fascinating pottery bottle boasting a unique, abstract form resembling a spondylus shell or sea urchin, with a round yet sta

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1000 to 200 BCE. A hand-built and highly-burnished brownware pottery vessel of a lovely form with a lightly-rounded but stable base, a spherical bo

**Originally Listed At $800** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase I, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of squat, circular form with a slightly concave base, a compressed sph

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Reclinatorios such as this were used by individuals of high rank to support their heads and backs when seated. The iconography of this form i

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Fabulous example of Colima pottery depicting a dwarf with hunchback. Note the facial detailing with large coffee bean eyes, well formed nose and j

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III, ca. 350 to 500 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel bearing an unusual multi-chambered body consisting of 3 stacked pairs of spherical balls, perhaps depi

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a spherical form with a rounded base, sloped shoulders, and a tall, flared rim. Painted acr

Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A hand-built pottery jar bearing a pair of left-facing birds in flight. Each abstract avian features a dark aquiline beak, a larg

**Originally Listed At $450** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Chimila culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel in the form of an abstract quadruped. A flared spout rises off the center of th

Ancient Pre Columbian Colima Abstract Cone Head Pottery Effigy Figure, West Mexico, Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD. Size 8 3/8 inches high. Buff clay abstract effigy figure also known as a gingerbread figure. E

Ancient Pre Columbian Colima Abstract Cone Head Pottery Effigy Figure, West Mexico, Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD. Size 7 1/4 inches high. Buff clay abstract effigy figure also known as a gingerbread figure. E

Large Pre Columbian Colima vessel, red ceramic 5 1/2" high, 11 1/2" across

A terracotta Olla with lizard heads, short neck, with flared mouth. 6" H; 1 lb.

5 x 4 Colima Vessel, Mexico