Lambayeque Maize Deity

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian Pre AD 1000: item #362124
LA74

A fine Lambayeque (Sican) double-chambered vessel from Peru, ca. 700 - 1350 AD. It is 7" high and 7" in length. The front bottle depicts the Maize God emerging from a pile of maize. He is portrayed with a red face and is wearing a solar emblem headdress, ear ornaments and necklace. The detailing on the individual ears of maize is beautifully executed. The rear bottle is connected by a lower tube and a strap handle, which has a built-in whistle with good tone. Nice paint overall, strong dep... Click for details

Chorrera Boatman

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian Pre AD 1000: item #362119
CA21

An adorable Chorrera figure from Ecuador, ca. 1000 - 500 BC. This fine 2" tall miniature depicts an ancient boatman paddling his raft. Nicely detailed, great color, highly burnished. A superb example of anecdotal sculpture.

Nazca Mythical Scene

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian Pre AD 1000: item #361446
NZ149

An exceptional Late Nazca bottle from Peru, ca. 700 AD. This 8-3/4" high, single spouted vessel features a pair of elaborately detailed mythical creatures, surrounded by rayed heads. The highly stylized nature is characteristic of the period and looks much like certain Picasso paintings. An interesting firing cloud has turned much of the white background into a light blue shade. Overall in excellent condition, with strong paint and only minor pitting. The black spot at the bottom of the han... Click for details

Interesting Mayan Obsidian Discoidals

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian Pre AD 1000: item #358839

These curious Mayan objects are of somewhat ambiguous use, and they could have had multiple functions. From a utilitarian perspective, each has a sharp enough edge to function as a scraper in a domestic setting, but their shape is atypical for this use. A more interesting interpretation would be to link them to discoidals used by native North Americans, like the Mississippian culture (ca. 900-1540 A.D.). The Mississippians used disc-shaped stones in an enormously popular game that was the modern... Click for details

Moche Avian Vessel

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian Pre AD 1000: item #358739
MO301

An exceptional Moche III avian motif jar from Peru, ca. 200 - 450 AD. This beautiful vessel has a 6-1/2" diameter and features three panels with sea birds, probably pelicans, each nicely molded in relief and accented with cream paint. The rim is decorated with a beautiful wave pattern. In exceptional condition.

Very likely to be by the same hand as a similar example on display at the Manchester Museum in Manchest... Click for details

MINT CEDAR CREEK (C.1300AD) POLYCHROME BOWL

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1492: item #355458
L104

Cedar Creek polychromes are a very scarce pottery type which closely associated to the better known and very popular Four Mile type. The type is denoted by the bright orange slip with a black design on the interior of the bowl – the exterior always has a combination of a black and white design.

This bowl measures 9.3 inches wide and 3.3 inches deep…it has an intense black paint which is 100% glazed and is strongly r... Click for details

SNOWFLAKE (C. 1150-1250AD) PITCHER - PERFECTION!

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1492: item #355424
L102

This beautiful Snowflake (C. 1150–1250AD) pitcher is perfect in every way. Measuring 6 inches by 5.5 inches it exhibits a beautiful white slip with incredible jet black paint that is completely glazed. The glazing is caused from traces of lead which is in the black paint in combination the fact that it was fired at temperatures much higher than normal. It is not a stretch to say that this pitcher is in as perfect condition as the day it was made – there is no damage what so ever and no restor... Click for details

INCREDIBLE ST JOHN C. 1150, BK/OR EFFIGY PITCHER, MINT!

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1492: item #354779
L-101

The pitcher offered here was recently acquired from a well know collection assembled by a doctor who possesses not only a highly refined, critical eye, but a passion, willingness and where-with-all to seek out and acquire the very best. The doctor purchased this pitcher in 1992 from a private collector for $7,500.00, a price that was considered very high for the times. He understood that only a handful of condition rarities ever present themselves during a collection building lifetime and when... Click for details

Chimu Copper Jaguar Tumi

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian Pre AD 1000: item #351623
CH100

A fine Chimu copper tumi from Peru, ca. 1100 - 1450 AD. This superb ceremonial knife is 4-5/8" high and is topped with a wonderfully detailed feline. A great example in excellent condition, with nicely oxidized patina.

Joseph Lonewolf Vintage Pottery

Archives: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian Pre 1980: item #351095

From the original Pueblo Indian artist who created the sgrafitto style of pottery, Joseph Lonewolf. Son of Camilio Sunflower Tafoya of Santa Clara Pueblo, Lonewolf began a new sine style of carving through the slip layer of small pottery balls in the 1960s. Many have foloowed his lead including his sister, Grace Medicine Flower and his daughters, Rosemary "Apple Blossom" and Susan "Snowflake".

Traditionally hand built... Click for details