Late Jomon Pottery Jar w/ Relief Decoration, TL Tested

**Originally Listed At $1400** Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of voluminous form with a rounded shoulder, a corseted neck, a broad, dramatically fl

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a tall, sizable form with a flat base, a cylindrical body, and a flared shoulder. The body is adorned

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A large hand-built pottery vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base and flared rim. The cylindrical exterior walls are textured

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

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2100 BCE. A lovely example of a hand-built pottery vessel of a flat-bottomed form with a slender body, gradually widening shoulders, and a thick rim su

Originally listed at $800... Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. A splendid pottery jar presenting a globular body with a rounded shoulder, a corseted neck, and an impre

Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A gorgeous pottery jar elaborately incised and hand-painted with a pair of massive zebu bulls

East Asia, Japan, Middle Jomon period, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. A large, deep, conical urn made using the coil method, the clay mixed by the woman who made it (women produced all ceramics in this culture

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, Nazca culture, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely olla displaying a bulbous body with a rounded base, a sloped shoulder, and a narrow mouth, skillfully hand-painted in hues of burnt

**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

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

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base. The exterior walls are adorned by incised paralle

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base. The exterior walls are adorned by incised paralle

East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 BCE. A graceful, hand-built terracotta vessel presenting a flat base, a cylindrical body, an expanding shoulder with a thick rim, and a perforated protrus

Southeast Asia, Northeastern Thailand, late Ban Chiang culture, ca. 200 CE. An elegant pottery jar of minimalist form comprised of a bulbous body, a corseted neck, and a flared spout. The red clay ext

Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, Pacific slope opf Guatemala but showing strong Teotihuacan influence, ca, 500 to 700 CE. Large, lovely and very showy example of ancient pottery. Rounded jar in orang

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a voluminous form with a round but stable base, a compressed spherical body with a central carination, and a tall, flared rim

Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A hand-built grayware pottery jar of a broad form. The vessel features a ring-shaped foot with dozens of incised notches, a spherical bod

**Originally Listed At $300** Greece, Cyprus, Middle to Early Late Bronze Age, ca. 2000 to 1550 BCE. A thin, light, and petite pottery handled vessel with a rounded base, thin walls and rim, and a par

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A charming example of a hand-built pottery pull toy in the shape of a fattened ram meant for a child. The

Ancient Greece, Athens, ca. early 5th century BCE. A lovely pottery lekythos boasting a classical silhouette and adorned with black-figure decoration of a Dionysian scene of 4 figures dancing amongst

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

Bas relief molded dragon decoration. 8 in H x 9.25 in W.