Rare Chorrera Pottery Stirrup Jar - Obsidian Eyes

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, 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, Central Panama, Conte Style, ca. 600 to 800 CE.  4-color figural pottery jar in the form of a seated human, long nose, round eyes and small down-turned ears. Painted in almost chalky p

Pre-Columbian, Panama, Gran Cocle, ca. 500 to 600 CE. A polychrome pottery jar with a delightful form of a bird - possibly a harpy eagle. Molded extended beak and bulging eyes with raised feathers to

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche II, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. An amusing bi-chrome stirrup vessel presenting a portrait head with wide open, inset almond-shaped eyes, a protruding, curved nose, a wel

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Tallan culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. Lovely pottery jar from a culture that is little known and little studied. Strap handle and bulbous body

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

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

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, Ecuador, Chorrera culture, ca. 1000 to 500 BCE. An amusing bi-chrome canteen vessel in cream and brick-red. The vessel has two small lug handles with a spout in the form of an erect and

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera culture, ca. 9th to 4th century BCE. A wonderful functioning human figural whistle, hand-built from terracotta and slipped with white over the body and what might have

**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

Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, ca. 1500 BCE. A wheel-made pottery stirrup jar of a classic Mycenaean form with a bulbous body, a flat foot, conjoined twin handles, and a side spout. The vessel is comprise

**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

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera culture, ca. 9th to 4th century BCE. An early and creative double-lobed whistling vessel. Each lobe is the body of a monkey. One sits facing forward, one hand to its m

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, northern highlands of Peru, Recuay culture, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A charming stirrup vessel with a long, narrow spout extending from the handle in the form of a llama giving birth. Althoug

Height: 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm.) Circa 1200-1100 B.C., Late Helladic period Ex. J. Bowman collection, Massachusetts, 1960's The handles and body of this jar are painted with a light brown slip, contras

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 Peru, Inca, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. Peru had already been a center of outstanding pottery production for thousands of years when the Inca rose to power. The Moche had developed the

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

Measuring approximately 7" X 8 3/4". This, and many lots forthcoming, are from the estate of a true antiquity connoisseur in every sense of the word. This antiquarian truly enjoyed the treasures colle

Ancient Greece, Mycenaean Period, Late Bronze Age II, ca. 1450 to 1200 BCE. A charming example of a hand-built pottery stirrup jar with a spherical body, a sloped shoulder, a pair of handles arching a