If you are meant to die, let it be from gold! Early gold tumbaga (mixture of gold over copper) mace head from the Vicus culture of northern Peru, ca 500 BC to 300 AD. Cast in the shape of a "flying saucer" with central hole to accept wooden staff. 2-3/4"D x 5/8"W, intact and excellent with nice patina. Custom stand.
Wonderful coloration! Ancient Pre-Columbian Canopa, Inca, central Peru, ca 1450 to 1500 AD. Two-tone votive figure buried by the Inca in the fields to ask the gods Pachamama and Pachapapa to insure the health of their livestock. In the simplified form of a llama, with small nubbin tail, string-cut facial features, and deep drilled hole on its back to hold an offering. 2-1/4"L x 1-7/8"H, intact and near-choice. ... Click for details
Very close to perfect! From southern Peru, Nazca / Nasca, ca. 200 - 300 AD. Small, rounded jar with tapered spout and bridge handle; decorated with two mythological beasts each with multiple snake heads, long snaked tongues coming from headdress and mouth and overall beasty appearance. Almost miniature in size, measuring just 4-1/2"H x 3-1/8"D, intact and choice. ... Click for details
An excellent Nazca polychrome bowl from Peru, ca. 450 – 500 AD. This deep Phase 5 bowl is 7-1/2” in diameter and has an interior decorated with a depiction of the Horrible Bird with Outspread Wings. The creature is portrayed clutching two trophy heads in its beak, the wings consist of trophy heads and tabular snakes, with a large frontal trophy head symbolizing a breechcloth between the avian style legs. Intact, with good paint and strong dendrites on the exterior. ... Click for details
A lovely Gallinazo-Viru double-chambered whistle bottle from Peru, ca. 1 - 100 AD. The primary chamber is an unusual avian form, 5-1/2” high, with the open head and perforated eyes allowing the player to significantly alter the tone of the whistle hidden within. Both chambers are decorated with a Maltese Cross design, as well as stylized solar symbols, all executed in the negative resist style characteristic of this rare type. In excellent condition.
I am not usually a huge fan of pottery from the Lambayeque region of northern Peru, but this vessel is certainly the exception! Sican, ca. 800 to 1000 AD, showing a bit of Moche influence. Spouted vessel in the form of a standing water bird, decorated with large black spots and indication of feathers, plus series of swirling step patterns across back and neck, base with typical cutout designs. 9"H, intact / near choice. A lovely and unusual vessel! ... Click for details
From the Chimu culture, north-coastal Peru, ca. 1100 to 1450 AD. Black/grayware pottery in the form of a canteen, impressed with designs to each side; with a very unusual "battle" going on at each shoulder (where cord would have been attached), with what certainly appears like a frog fighting a small monkey - each with hands around throat of the other. The impressed design to each side is of shaman in full costume - birds with human faces. Interestingly, there is a small area of scraffito (in... Click for details
A very sweet-sounding jar! Ancient Chimu, from north-coastal Peru, ca. 1000 to 1450 AD. Blackware twin-lobed pottery vessel with decorated bridge connecting; straight spout on one side, spout with small bird on the other. Designed such, that when water or liquor is poured from the vessel, the bird creates a lovely whistling sound. 8-1/4"L x 6-1/2"H, intact/excellent with surface with wear and deposits, plus numerous root marks. ... Click for details
A very attractive example of the Moche potter's skill! Moche, northern Peru, Moche II, Ca 300 to 400 AD. Pottery stirrup bottle in the form of a domesticated duck, showing great detail of wide beak, plump body and wings folded back behind body, stirrup spout with slightly flared spout (indicative of Moche II) emerging from the back of the duck's head. 8" L by 6-1/2" H. Intact and in excellent condition with surface slightly crazed. ... Click for details
