Colima Redware Portrait Vessel

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built redware effigy vessel of an anthropomorphic figure. The broad figure stands on two squat legs with a tunic-like shirt jutting

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A large and highly-burnished redware ceramic vessel with a round but stable base, wide walls, a rolling shoulder, and a flared rim. The shoul

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built redware effigy vessel of an anthropomorphic figure. The broad figure stands on two squat legs with a tunic-like shirt jutting

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built redware pottery sculpture of an incredibly rare form composed of two emaciated canines that are conjoined a

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built redware effigy vessel of an anthropomorphic figure. The broad figure stands on two squat legs with a tunic-like shirt jutting

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 200 to 400 CE. A fine redware portrait vessel depicting the head of a dignitary or person of import with bold yet remarkably l

**Originally Listed At $1200** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Salinar culture, Salinar-Moche Transition period, ca. 500 BCE to 200 CE. A finely constructed pottery vessel displaying a broad portrait

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly-burnished pottery vessel of a large form with a rounded base, a wide, tapering body with two projecting elements, and

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel enveloped in a umber-red slip, with rounded nodules protruding slightly from the surface. Th

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fascinating and rare pottery vessel featuring a rectangular cuboid form with an ovoid spout that rises from one s

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An impressive pottery vessel in the form of an anthropomorphic head with a flat, circular base and a large, flared neck that opens to an o

**Originally Listed at $450** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A very large redware pottery vessel depicting four gourds, its globular body magnificently modeled with these organic s

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, ca. 500 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery portrait vessel showing an amicable visage whose smile stretches across t

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of an unusual form on a pedestal foot, all slipped in a rich red hue. The pedestal foot has 3 pierced openings an

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. A most unusual Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash form body supported by three shaman figures, each one wearing a horned hea

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautiful Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash or melon-shaped body supported by three avian legs, each bird positioned upwa

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A most unusual Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash-shaped body supported by three dog heads, each one with a pointed snout, perky ear

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautiful Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash or melon-shaped body supported by three avian legs, each bird positioned upwa

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A finely hand built Colima redware vessel in the form of a duck, very large in scale with rich color and a wonderfully burnished finished. Ta

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A finely built terracotta vessel depicting an adorable standing duck, with an expressive posture, of a substantive size, its surface of orang

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautifully constructed, hand-built redware dog vessel of a charming form that exhibits a playful nature and smooth, highly burnished surfa

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fabulous burnished redware vessel depicting a male acrobat arching in a backbend position, his arms and legs forming the legs of th

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hollow, hand-built redware pottery vessel of a bulbous form depicting a charming canine covered in vibrant red and red

Colima Gadrooned Redware Vessel on figural tripod supports. Height 9 x diameter 10 1/2 inches Estimate $2,000-4,000