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Early Moche Seated Dignitary

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000   item# 538952 (stock# 06-AA960)

Early Moche Seated Dignitary
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Ancient Art of the Americas
914.282.5757


$3,500 

Burnished blackware stirrup spout figure, seated crosslegged with finely detailed hands and feet, hands placed on knees, and face with fixed expression. Incised cap/striated coif. Very good condition, stirrup reattached, all parts original. Height: 6.75 in. Moche I, Peru, circa 300-100BC. Ex. Parke-Bernet, 1969


Chimu Silver Beaker Kero

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Pre AD 1000   item# 478078 (stock# 05-AA340)

Chimu Silver Beaker Kero
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Ancient Art of the Americas
914.282.5757


$2,250 

Large silver repousee flared top beaker, beaked nose, rimmed almond shaped eyes. Two horizontal registers possibly denoting hair. Raised 'corn' design motif on back. Upper rim incised with crosshatch pattern. Condition: good, creases and small tears. Original archaeological surface. height: 9.25 in. x diameter: 4 in. Chimu, northcoast Peru, ca. 1300-1500AD


Moche Lizard Stirrup Spout Vessel

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000   item# 397394 (stock# 04-AA1136)

Moche Lizard Stirrup Spout Vessel
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Ancient Art of the Americas
914.282.5757


$975 

Buff terracotta vessel with an iguana or lizard perched atop what appears to be a drum with a central disc in red on a white ground. Excellent condition. Moche III/IV, North Coast Peru, ca 500-700AD. Height: 8 in. x Width: 5.5 in. Provenance available


A Pair of Ceramic Moche Gourd Vessels

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000   item# 394813 (stock# 05-AA1118)

A Pair of Ceramic Moche Gourd Vessels
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Ancient Art of the Americas
914.282.5757


$975 

A unique pair of long tapering vessels in the form of a gourd, decorated with three horizontal registers of step design and vertical stripes, in red and black on a creamy white slip. Height: 9.75 inches. Condition: Good, one vessel is reassembled from multiple large fragments, with no new material or paint, the other has several large stress cracks. Both are sensitively made and are very thin walled. Moche, North Coast Peru, ca. 200-900AD. Collection history available.


Proto Nazca Ceramic Bird

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre AD 1000   item# 330014 (stock# 04-09AA836)

Proto Nazca Ceramic Bird
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Ancient Art of the Americas
914.282.5757


$4,750 

White cream slipped body with brown wings, tail and orange beak. Strap-handled spout. A very fine and rare example of art from this ancient culture. South Coast Peru, ca 200BC-200AD. Length: 10.5 inches. Excellent condition. Collection provenance available


An Important Nazca Female Ceramic Effigy Figure

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre AD 1000   item# 330011 (stock# 04-09AA832)

An Important Nazca Female Ceramic Effigy Figure
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Ancient Art of the Americas
914.282.5757


$6,500 

Measuring 10 inches in height, posed in a seated position, beautifully detailed female with tatoos, painted eyes and hair on cream slip. Left leg reattached and restored, else in excellent condition. Nazca, South coast Peru, ca. 200-700AD. Collection provenance available.


Nazca Bird Effigy Ceramic

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000   item# 329959 (stock# 04-09AA830)

Nazca Bird Effigy Ceramic
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Ancient Art of the Americas
914.282.5757


$2,900 

Modeled in polychrome red, orange, grey, cream and black. A falcon with delineated wings, eye masks, and tail feathers, resting on peg feet with breast bone raised in low relief. A very fine ceramic. Length: 8,25 inches. Late Nazca, South cosat Peru, ca. 700AD. Restoration to spout and strap, else intact. Collection history available.


Lambayeque Whistling Vessel with a Bat atop of a Legume

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000   item# 278873 (stock# 04-AA145)

Lambayeque Whistling Vessel with a Bat atop of a Legume
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Ancient Art of the Americas
914.282.5757


$3000 

Single spout bridge handle whistling effigy vessel of a crescent shaped legume with a bat standing on the upper edge. Decorated with orange slip on buff ceramic with octopus ink details. The bat is a rare image to find in ceramics, especially Moche and Lambayeque ones. The whistle is behind the bat by the handle. A similar Lambayeque vase is illustrated in Ceramics of Ancient Peru by Christopher Donnan pg.89 Dimensions: Height 8" x Length 6 1/2". Peru, Middle Sican, Batan Grande, ...click for details


Viru Ceramic Vessel in the Form of a Swimmer

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000   item# 278868 (stock# 04-AA2294)

Viru Ceramic Vessel in the Form of a Swimmer
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Ancient Art of the Americas
914.282.5757


$1750 

This vessel typifies the spirited yet unfettered "Gallinazo" style which developed in the Viru Valley. The features of the figure--large hook nose, lenticular incised eyes, smiling mouth and negative resist geometric painting technique are consistent with the Vicus style of pottery. This particular figure wears a pointed, conical hat and has pierced ears. The negative resist decoration in both wavy and straight lines flow horizontally along the figure's armless, balloonish bo ...click for details


Nazca Effigy Vessel in the Form of a Man

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000   item# 262479 (stock# 02-AA3799)

Nazca Effigy Vessel in the Form of  a Man
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Ancient Art of the Americas
914.282.5757


$1,200 

Male effigy vessel with painted features except for ears, nose and genitalia modelled in low relief. The figure is has a moustache and beard and is wearing a headband. Repaired from large fragments, all parts and paint original. Height: 8 inches, Diameter:4.5 inches. Nazca, South Coast Peru, Ca. 200-700AD. Ex. John-Platt collection.

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