Nayarit Bichrome Pottery Sheep-Face Drummer

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built, bichrome seated drummer of the Nayarit sheep-face type, playing a cylindrical drum with both hands, finely painted with cream-

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A handbuilt bichrome terracotta drummer of the traditional sheepface variety with a dramatically protruding nose,

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A seated drummer of the so-called sheepface form, his visage comprised of an extremely pointed and protruding nose, recessed and painted whi

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A sizeable hand-built terracotta figure seated with crossed legs, a flat back and a wide torso, all colored in

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A sizeable hand-built terracotta figure seated upon crossed legs, with a flat back and a wide torso, all colored in a deep-red-orange hue. A

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A striking bichrome, white-on-red, sheepface figure, sitting with his right leg folded beneath his upraised left leg, holding a child in

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A seated bichrome figure of the so-called sheepface variety holding an object (perhaps an instrument, fruit, or weapon) in his or her left h

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A striking "sheepface" pottery figure depicting a seated male figure assuming a ritualistic pose as if in the

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A sweet Jalisco handbuilt bichrome terracotta couple, the male seated with hands placed upon upraised knees, the f

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A seated bichrome sheepface figure holding the long sinuous pipe of a bong to his/her mouth, with a visage comprised of an extremely pointed

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A pair of pottery seated female figures, each displaying a characteristic Jalisco "sheepface" with a projecting nose and pointed ears and en

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built female pottery figure standing atop arched feet and stocky legs. The figure wears a knee-length skirt

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco style, Lagunillas Type C, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An abstract female bi-chrome figure, distinguished by her mask-like face, d

Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Three striking "sheep face" pottery figures, two females and one presumably male, in characteristic hues of maroon and white. One female

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A grand bichrome terracotta female figure, hand painted in slip of red and cream hues, sitting with her legs outstretched and holding a roun

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely hand-built polychrome bowl, with a rounded body and stable base, the walls slightly incurving to the thick rim. The exterior is sli

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An adorable red-slipped pottery figure with a "sheep-face", a known style from Jalisco. The figure is androgynous and abstract, but the simp

**Originally Listed At $3500** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Guanajuato Valley, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE. A fabulous, hand-built, bichrome pottery face bowl with a bold visage on one side prese

Magna Graecia, Italy, Apulia/Daunian, ca. 4th century BCE. A bichrome kyathos (dipper), a Greek form with a South Italic style found in the geometric motifs painted in black on the cream-colored body

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An endearing pair of hand-built terracotta drummers, both depicted seated and striking the drum before them with t

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Two tall ceramic female figures, one seated and one standing. Both are "sheepface" with their faces dominated by l

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An emaciated, hunchbacked Chinesco-style redware mourning figure, detailed in burgundy- and cream-hued pigmentation, sitting in a dramatical

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Attractive bichrome terracotta bowl, the exterior walls decorated with chocolate brown on cream slip feathered

This is a Pre-Columbian Ecuadorian rounded blackware pottery vessel with a molded face (Sheep) decoration. Dating to circa 800-1500 A.D. Manabi in origin. This lot is accompanied by the original COA a