Ecuadorian Incised Pottery Heads, ex-Arnovick

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, ca. 1000 CE. A pair of pottery heads with elongated craniums, both mold made with low relief and narrow eyes with prominent ears. Both are hollow

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, ca 500 BCE to 500 CE. One of two superb and rare pottery human head sculptures. About the size of a shrunken head with open mouth, almond eyes and deeply incised features and d

Greek Empire, ca 4th to 3rd century BCE. Lovely pottery head from a Tanagra type female figure, perhaps Aphrodite. She has her hair pulled back in a tight bun, expressive facial features including sli

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manteno culture, ca. 1000 CE. A fascinating pottery head incised with intricate decoration of abstract motifs, possibly intended to represent tattoos.

China, Yuan Dynasty, 1279 to 1368 CE. The Yuan Dynasty came about from the conquest of the Song Dynasty by the great Mongolian ruler Kublai Khan. This fascinating pottery head from this time of Kublai

Africa, Niger River valley, Bura culture, ca 3rd to 13th century, but most likely toward the later end of the culture. Large and unusual pottery head of a human in redware coarse clay. Figure with exa

Africa, Mali / Niger, Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture, ca. 3rd to 11th centuries CE. A carved solid terracotta memorial head from a vessel or figure, with incised slit eyes and mouth, small modeled ears, a

Papua New Guinea, Washkuk Region, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a handmade pottery head and elongated neck, with bulging, hollow eyes and mouth and a pronounced nose and wide, pierced ears. Papua

Bura Asinda-Sikka, southwest Niger, ca. 3rd to 13th centuries CE. This is a large hollow earthenware pottery jar with a humanoid head atop it and decoration around the neck/shoulders. This piece was p

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, ca 500 BCE to 500 CE. One of two superb and rare pottery human head sculptures. About the size of a shrunken head with open mouth, almond eyes and deeply incised features and d

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A fine gathering of four mold-formed pottery votive heads. First is the head of a male grotesque with veristic

CADDO, MISSISSIPPIAN INCISED POTTERY HEAD FORM POT, H 4 1/4":Having stylized facial features and hair. Measures H.4 1/4", Dia.5 1/2".

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Africa, Nigeria, Sokoto culture, ca. 500 BCE to 200 CE. An impressive and relatively rare Sokoto terracotta head, with characteristic overhanging brows. It is difficult to ascertain whether it had a f

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Ghana, Akan peoples, ca. late 18th to 19th century CE. A hand-built pottery head that perhaps depicts an ancestor with slit-form eyes and puffy lids, a slender n

Greece, Tanagra, Boeotia, Geometric period, ca. 900 to 700 BCE. One of my favorites! A pottery figure in a style instantly recognizable as Greek, created from simple lines to give an abstract but imme

Ancient Etruscan Large Pottery Youthful Male Head Ca.7th-5th century B.C. Ex Christies. Size 14 inches High + stand. x 8-1/4 inches Wide. Life size, orange-brown hollow pottery votive head, depicting

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. This is a large piece of carved volcanic rock called a hacha, which was worn atop the protective yoke that ballplayers wore in ancie

Ancient Pre Columbian, Nasca Pottery head vessel, Ex Musee Des Beaux Arte Museum Montreal 1957. Canada. Size 5 3/4 inches high x 4 1/2 inches diameter. Peru AD 300-600. A painted pottery vessel with a

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Coastal Manabi Province, Bahia, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A very rare and endearing prone female figure from the coastal Manabi Province of ancient Ecuador. She lays on her belly with

Mexican Mid-Century Modern Glazed Vase. Glazed and incised pottery vase. Decorated with head of a woman and birds. Artist signed Mara. Marked Designed by Mara Mexico and numbered 78/500; 10.5in.H. x 7

Ancient Near Eastern Amlash Pottery Vessel c.1000 BC. Size 10 3/4 inches length. Very Unusual Amlash Pottery vessel with two horse heads. Provenance: Ex David Saidian Estate New York city. to present

Lot of 8 Ancient Pre Columbian Pottery Heads Fragments c.100 BC- 500 AD. Size 1 5/8 - 3 inches length. Nice lot of 8 pottery heads fragments from full figures. Provenance: Ex Dr Arnold R.Saslow South

Lot of 8 Ancient Pre Columbian Pottery Heads Fragments c.100 BC- 500 AD. Size 1 1/4 - 2 inches length. Nice lot of 8 pottery heads fragments from full figures. Provenance: Ex Dr Arnold R.Saslow South