A beautiful Cocle frutero from Panama, ca. 600 – 800 AD. This superb Joaquin Polychrome type pedestal plate is 10” in diameter, 5-1/2” high and depicts a pair of saurian birds. While they appear to be separated, they are actually connected, an expression of the male-female duality motif. The few typical breaks have been professionally restored. A great example with strong mineral deposits.
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Pedestaled dish with brown and yellow slip painted with a bird snake figure. Panama, Veraguas culture, 800-1500AD. In very good condition, restored with no missing pieces and some minor retouching. H:13.5cm Diameter:26cm
A gorgeous Cocle Frutero from Panama, ca. 600 – 800 AD. This exceptional Conte style pedestal plate is 6-1/2” high, 8-1/2” in diameter and depicts a beautifully stylized serpent. This piece is actually intact and has no restoration, which is quite rare for Cocle ceramics. Vivid paint, good mineral deposits.
A beautifully decorated lime jar originally from the Narino area of Colombia, ca. 850 – 1250 AD, but found in Panama, where it ended up as trade goods. Its owner probably used it as a medicine container, as they didn't have coca in that area. The elongated vessel is 3-3/4" high, and is perforated to attach a cover. From great historical collection.
This group of twelve, individually priced Pre-Columbian gold tube beads (102.57A-H D and 94.113O, V, W and Y HD) is attributed as a group to the Veraguas horizon of Panama dating c.500-1200AD. In very good to perfect condition, the lengths of the approximately 16K beads range from 30mm to 48mm. This is a great opportunity to add an inexpensive example of the ancient goldsmith’s art to a Pre-Columbian collection, a collection of ancient beads, or a collection of ancient jewelry. A single bead wou... Click for details
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Pedestaled terracotta dish painted with brown,red and black snake-bird motifs.
Veraguas culture of Panama,800-1400AD.
Repaired with minimal retouch.13x23cm
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Important terracotta round offering table (mesa para ofrendas) with female figures wearing a double band and Hermaphrodites with a turban and ritual double band around the ankles. Panama, Veraguas culture, 450-800AD. Fully restored. H:19cm Diameter:28cm.
Not exactly the same, but probably once hanging from the same necklace, this closely matched pair of 2 3/8” tall figural pendants (TFX117) are attributed to the Veraguas horizon of Panama, dating c.500-1200AD. The figures, representing shamans wearing bat god masks, each hold a large tumi shaped blade in one hand, and what appears to be a sling in the other. Lost wax cast in the high copper, low gold alloy known as tumbaga, the figures were subsequently surface enriched through the depletion gil... Click for details
The exact species type of this realistically lost wax cast lizard pendant (TF98.110) is unknown, but probably one that can be fairly easily identified if not extinct. Measuring 5 1/8” in length and attributed to the Veraguas horizon of Panama, c.500-1200AD, this rather large zoomorphic form was made from the high copper, low gold alloy known as tumbaga. After the casting was completed, the surface was treated with plant acids to leach away the copper leaving a thin film of higher grade gold that... Click for details
It’s not often that a Precolumbian gold piece can be dated with science...but this superb gold crocodile (TF98.70) lent itself to that approach. Sent to Stoetzer, Inc., of Miami for authentication (check out their site at stoetzerinc.com), this stunning beauty was quickly determined to contain its original clay core. A sample of that clay was extracted from the inside the crocodile through a slightly widened hole in one of its legs and then submitted to the Kotalla laboratory in Germany for ther... Click for details
