Valdivian Terracotta Venus Idol w/ TL

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 2200 to 1900 BCE. An enticing, hand-built pottery figure of Astarte - known as Ishtar in parts of Mesopotamia - the goddess associated with

Greece, Boeotian, Archaic Period, ca. 550 BCE. A hand-built terracotta female figure of a characteristically abstract style, the columnar body with outstretched, diminutive arms, a long neck rising to

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 3500 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built pottery Venus figurine of feminine form with minimalist features including a set of slit-form eyes and eyebrows. Her sligh

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 3500 to 1500 BCE. A set of 3 hand-built pottery Venus figures depicting characteristic feminine forms with highly burnished surfaces and hues of brown an

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite, ca. 2750 to 1900 BCE. A finely preserved pottery idol figure of an intriguing form depicting the mother goddess Astarte. She stands with slender legs a

Ancient Near East, Tell Brak, modern day Syria, Late Uruk Period, ca. 3300 to 3000 BCE. Hand-made from ceramic, this is one of the most famous classes of artifact from early Mesopotamia. It has a wide

Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. An intriguing idol of abstract form, hand-built from pottery, with a columnar body and a slightly flared base. The slender figure ho

Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. An intriguing terracotta idol with a roughly triangular body, rounded peripheries, and a pair of pierced 'eyes' surrounded by thinly

**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 3500 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built pottery Venus figure presented with delineated legs, sinuous arms fused atop the abdomen, an

2 Valdivian Terracotta Venus Figures. Provenance: Ex Collection of Lawrence Buchanan and Dr. Enrique von Kiguel who acquired items in their collection in the 1970's/80's. Largest Size: 2.5'' x 1'' x 0

Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, Greek colony of Canosa, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A dynamic sculpture of a rearing horse presenting with both hind hooves on the ground as the front legs are b

**First Time At Auction** Roman, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to late 6th century CE. A thick, buff ceramic amphora, with a bullet-like shape, small, thick, ring/loop handles on the edges of the shou

**Originally Listed At $650** East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A hollow and mold-made terracotta figure depicting a lively pig with softly-modeled features such as sanguine eyes,

100% of the Hammer price of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **Originally Listed At $500** East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty,

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, Formative Period, ca. 2000 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished female pottery figure of tall and slender form known as a Venus idol. The face feat

Ancient Near East, Sumeria or Babylon, ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BCE. A well-preserved ceramic plaque bearing a mold-made depiction of a mythical beast. The animal has four legs, with the front two go

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A charming trio of female or Venus figures, all skillfully hand-built from pottery to present stylized forms. First, the most petite fi

Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A thin-walled ceramic stand of open-ended hourglass form, made for placing a vessel atop it. The body of the stand

**Originally Listed At $700** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, Formative Period, ca. 2000 to 1500 BCE. A large, hand-built pottery fragment of a female idol figure known as a Venus with angu

Greece, probably Corinth, ca. 6th century BCE. A charmingly-shaped ceramic aryballos in the form of a siren, with a long body shaped like a dove or pigeon and a raised head of a human woman with a cla

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Sumeria or Babylon, ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BCE. A nicely preserved terracotta plaque depicting three figures, one of whom may be a standing sarcopha

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, Formative Period, ca. 2000 to 1500 BCE. A gathering of 3 hand-built pottery heads, each from a different type of female Venus i

An ancient idol, terracotta 4-1/2 H " (w/o stand). Display stand is included.

East Asia, Japan, Jomon Period, ca. 14,000 to 300 BCE, coming with a TL Report showing it was fired/ produced around 4,000 years ago. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form wi