Fine Viru Whistling Pottery Stirrup Jar, Dwarf / Monkey

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Viru, ca. 300 BCE to 100 CE. A Viru bichrome whistling vessel in the form of a sweet monkey or transitioning dwarf/shaman with simian features, an arched tubular bridg

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

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1200 to 1400 CE. A wonderful, naturalistic depiction of a long-beaked bird standing atop a spotted eel. A tall, thin spout rises from the middle of the eel's

Pre-Columbian, northern to central Peru, Inca, but possibly made by a Chimu artisan, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A handsome burnished blackware stirrup vessel depicting the head of an elite lord or warrior,

Pre-Columbian, central coast of Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. This is a double-bodied whistle vessel with pedestal feet, circular bodies, wide strap handle, tall tapering spout, one side

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 of Peru, Vicus, ca. 300 to 500 CE. Globular bodied vessel with a spout opposite a seated pan pipe player figure; both joined by a bridge handle. Traces of umber resist desig

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, northern Peru, Sican / Lambayeque valley, ca. 800 to 1100 CE. A rare pottery stirrup jar showing strong Moche influence. The male figure sits with hands placed upon upraised knees, lean

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche II, ca. 300 to 400 CE. Very attractive pottery stirrup vessel - jar used to store water and chicha with the spout shaped so it can be attached to one's belt. Vessel

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. This is a finely carved black ware strap handled jar in the shape of a monkey's head. Fine lines around the face give the impression of a wizened old a

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. This is a finely carved black ware strap handled jar in the shape of a monkey's head. Fine lines around the face give the impression of a wizened old a

**Originally Listed At $1000** Egypt, probably Alexandria, Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 30 BCE to 2nd century CE. A fine brownware pottery molded juglet depicting the head of Bes, a dwarf protector dei

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Viru culture, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A fine example of a hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel of a spherical form resting atop a flared foot. Enveloped in co

Pre-Columbian, northwest coast of Peru, Viru culture, ca. 200 BCE. A charming example of whimsical artistry. This is a stirrup vessel with a very narrow, cylindrical handle and spout; opposite the spo

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Vicus culture, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel painted in vivid hues of vermilion, black, beige, and cream. The vessel is

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

**Originally Listed At $950** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1000 CE. A musical whistling bridge-spouted stirrup vessel created by the Chancay culture. This example features a

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

**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

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

Iris Youvella Nampeyo (Hopi, 1944-). A fine pottery jar with an organic cornstalk around the neck and stylized design, piereced base. Signed on underside. Approx. 5-1/2in tall x 9in diameter.

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche III, ca. 400 to 500 CE. A very fine pottery stirrup vessel - an early type of beer bottle used to hold chicha, a type of fermented corn beer. Standing male shaman w