An early Maya shoe-form vessel from El Salvador, ca. 100 300 AD. This ornately decorated example is 6-1/4 long and is finished with incised and punctured designs, as well as with a shell form terminus and a red-slipped underside. Good mineral deposits, unusually elaborate.
An excellent Colima flute from West Mexico, ca. 300 BC 300 AD. This choice instrument is 10-1/8 long and is decorated with a slithering serpent. Highly burnished, strong mineral deposits, great tone.
A fine Maya polychrome bowl from El Salvador, ca. 400 800 AD. This beautiful round-bottom example is 6-3/4 in diameter and depicts a trio of animated monkeys. Each is nicely detailed and appears to be making a hand gesture. The rim band consists of typical Copador style glyphs, boldly painted in red and orange over the cream slip. The interior is painted in cream, with the traditional red rim and shows good mineral deposits. Intact. ... Click for details
A unique Jamacoaque ceremonial platform scene from Ecuador, ca. 300 BC - 400 AD. This extraordinary sculpture is 6-3/4" high and features a finely formed feline, executed with beautiful appliquι facial details, posed inside a structure. The four slender support beams hold a vessel used either as an incensario or small votive container, with leaf-topped branches extending from its sides. The scene depicts either a sacrificial ritual or chronicles an animal used as a palace/shrine guardian, whi... Click for details
A beautiful Narino chalice from Colombia, ca. 850 - 1500 AD. This choice Capuli Complex type is 4-1/2" high and consists of two figures supporting a bowl on their heads and hands. The pair stands on a flared pedestal base. Intact, beautifully decorated with negative resist designs and showing good mineral deposits.
A choice Nazca polychrome jar from Peru, ca. 300 500 AD. This fine tapered vessel is 6-1/2 high and is decorated with four registers of trophy heads, painted in white against a black background. The underlying bands create connectivity between the disembodied heads. In excellent condition, nicely burnished, with a bit of interior pitting.
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A wonderful Paracas bowl from Peru, ca. 700 1 BC. This rare Rocas style vessel is 7-1/4 in diameter and is decorated with the lightning designs that are fertility/life force symbols. The designs are deeply incised, as well as set off with red pigment. In excellent condition, good mineral deposits.
A large Maya polychrome cylinder from the Ulua Valley region of Honduras, ca. 400 - 800 AD. It is 8" high, 6-1/2" in diameter and is decorated with a trio of large figures. These seated lords are painted in the complex style characteristic of the area and are separated by a geometric design. Three additional deity heads form the secondary register, step pyramid designs create the rim band and a broad band representing the watery surface of the Underworld is used at the bottom. The interior o... Click for details
From Northern Peru, Moche I, ca. 200 A.D. Pottery leg vessel having a stirrup spout, depicting a leg bent at the knee. Some faded traces of a multi ring decoration. Scattered mineral deposits on the surface. 5-7/8H. x 7-1/2W, small repaired hole in the knee with several restored hairlines extending from the hole, with four toes re-attached with some loss along the breaklines, several repaired pock marks. ... Click for details
