Moche Shell

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture Pre AD 1000: item #425009
MO342

A fine Moche shell from Peru, ca. 300 - 600 AD. This unusual effigy is 5-3/4" wide and is executed in exceptional detail. Each of the spiny protrusions is individually delineated, with large ones extending over what would be the lip of the shell. Made from orange clay, which is colored buff in sections due to mineral intrusion. In excellent condition, with just a couple little chips.

LARGE COLIMA SHAMAN WITH CLUB, EX LANGDON

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture Pre 1492: item #424753
LLL.0727

This impressive 19 ½” tall, hollow bichrome figurine (LLL727) depicts a shaman-like male holding a large paddle or club. From the estate of the late Lynn Langdon, the figure was acquired in Mexico in the mid-20th century and is attributed to the Colima horizon, c.300BC-300AD. Thermoluminescence (TL) sampling by Bob Dodge of Artemis Gallery, and subsequent TL testing by the Kotalla lab in Germany, confirmed the piece as being of the period noted. X-ray examination indicates minor restoration with... Click for details

STATUE OF THE OLD FIRE GOD, HUEHUETEOTL

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture Pre 1492: item #420395
LLL.0493

Although this 12 ½” tall hollow statue of the Old Fire God (LLL493) has been glued together and is missing its right foot, a couple of fingers on his cupped right hand, genitalia, and has a couple of small chips in the brazier rim, Huehueteotl is still impressive figure. From the Langdon collection, it is attributed to the Zapotec horizon dating c.500BC-700AD. The censer comes with a small display card, a biographical sketch about Langdon, a map of Mexico highlighting the area where the Zapotec ... Click for details

Maya Eccentric Flint with Rulers' Profile

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture Pre AD 1000: item #417325
05-AA1449

Knapped from a creamy chert depicting the stylized silhouette of a king/ruler. Good condition with losses to both. Excellent patina and encrustations. Height: 4.75 in, 5 in. Mexico/Guatemala, Late Classic, ca. 600-900AD. Collection history available.

CERAMIC FIGURAL HEAD, PRE-CLASSIC ECUADOR

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture Pre 1492: item #411484
EJW.40

Measuring 3 ½” in height and once part of a larger hollow figural rattle (EJW40), this highly burnished orange-ware female head is from the collection of the late Willard Leutze. Attributed to the Pre-Classic Period of Ecuador, dating c.500BC-300AD, the young, bare-breasted woman wears a large nose plug, ear spools, and a tasseled bead necklace. Mounted on a stand, she would make a striking display. The figural fragment comes with a small display card, a brief write-up about Leutze, a certificat... Click for details

Moche IV Portrait Head Vessel

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture Pre AD 1000: item #404507
1190

Stirrup-spout vessel, head wrapped in geometric textile turban, thin set lips with smiling face, thick brow, deeply incised eyes,vessel in cream and brown, Circa 400 - 500 C.E., excellent condition, 13" high

Moche Lizard Stirrup Spout Vessel

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

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

Guangala Foot Effigy Vessel

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture Pre AD 1000: item #397391
04-AA1130

A unique and interesting effigy vessel in the shape of a foot, beautifully incised with abstract geometric design, burnished blackware with short raised spout at the middle and a "plug" at one end. Excellent condition. Dimensions: 5 x 5 inches Guangala, Ecuador, ca. 100BC-800AD. Collection histroy available

A Pair of Ceramic Moche Gourd Vessels

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

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.

TERRACOTTA MIGNON FIGURINE FROM MEXICO

Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture Pre 1492: item #394452
CA473o

Terracotta precolumbian mignon figurine from Mexico. H:8cm.