Chimu Inca Pottery Effigy figure holding a spondylus shell and wearing a botanical headdress. Peru, ca 1200 - 1500 CE. His face in a wide grin, hands clasped in front. Deeply incised facial features, hair, and clothing, h. 9" with custom stand. The Chimu people (900-1450 CE) of Peru produced distinctive blackware pottery. The vessels were created by smoldering flames during the firing and then buffing the surface to produce a dull sheen...

Finely carved, blue-green jade, figure of seated male dignitary, ca. 800 - 1200 C.E. Height - 4" on custom stand Fully carved on both sides and depicted in profile. Wearing a tightly fitted headdress and ear spools with perforation through back of neck for suspension. Intact and in excellent condition. Ex: Allan L. Long collection, New York

Two Aztec Pottery Ceremonial Cercers with Rattle, Mexico, ca. 550 - 950 CE. Painted black & red with unglazed areas, applied stylized human head with clearly defined features on base. Open geometric pattern, one is repaired from a few large original pieces with restoration over the break lines. h. 5 1/4' x 8 5/8 length. Sold Separately for $1,800 EACH.

Colima Pottery Tlaloc Incensario in Janus form looking into the future while looking into the past, Mexico, ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE. The Aztec god of rain, agriculture, fire, and the south. The obverse deity surmounted by two intertwined snakes. Strong facial features with large protruding eyes, hands on his knees. Reverse side without hands and smaller head. One of four legs professionally reattached from original piece. One leg professionally reattached and in excellent condition. 14 3/4" high...

Rare Colima Standing Warrior Pottery Vessel with shoulder spout, Mexico, Protoclassic, circa 100 BCE - 250 CE. Wearing elaborate fan headdress and costume. Figure holds rattle in left hand and playing flute with right. Eyes lowered in a trance and ears pierced for ornaments. Painted overall in tan and black. Intact and in excellent condition. 16" high. The name Colima comes from the Nahuatl word 'collimaitl', with 'colli' meaning 'ancestors or gods' and 'maitl' meaning 'the domain of...'...

Maya Mold made Pottery Potion Bottle depicting Mesoamerican deity Quetzalcoatl, meaning "feathered serpent." With elaborate headdresses on front and reverse side, double rows of glyphs on rounded sides believed to be the calendar. Traces of red pigment, on custom stand, Central Mexico, circa 550 - 950 C.E., h. 4 1/2" Intact and in excellent condition. Ex: Sotheby's New York.

Late Chimu or Early Inca Double Bodied Whistling Vessel. Peru, ca. 1470 - 1540 CE. Bulbous bodies with squatting monkey adorning top on one side. Whimsical facial features but missing nose on monkey, and also small chip on spout. Otherwise in excellent condition. 6 1/2" high. The Chimu people (900-1450 CE) of Peru produced distinctive blackware pottery. The vessels were created by smoldering flames during the firing and then buffing the surface to produce a dull sheen...

Colima Pottery Ball Player, Mexico ca. 300 - 100 BCE. Standing figure wearing ballgame equipment, with pleasing facial features and stone nose ring. Some wear due to age and loss of left arm and toes on right foot. . Stable fissure on front area, otherwise in good condition. 7 1/2" high. Ex: B. Pinsof collection, Florida...

Moche III Pottery Vessel of a Sacrificial Captive, probably to the God Ai Apaec (The Decapitator.) A robust, nude male prisoner sitting cross-legged gazing resolutely forward. Wearing a flaring head ornament molded with a tentacled octopus motif. Hands of captive are bound behind back. Pigment of reddish brown and cream. Circa 200 - 500 C.E. Some wear due to age but intact and in very good condition. 11 1/2" high.

Ancient Nazca Textile Tunic, Peru circa 100 - 700 CE. Pigments of red, blue, brown and cream, and in excellent condition. 22" H x 21" W

Magnificent Maya Blackware Vessel, cylindrical form, incised to depict three panels with stylized animals on vertical bands, traces of red pigment, in excellent condition, Late Classic, circa 550 - 950 C.E., 8" high

Dramatic Peruvian religious polychrome wooden Wall Crucifix. Christ with hand beaded loin cloth and silver crown of thorns. Circa 1800 C.E. In good condition. 44" high. A compelling example of the iconography of the period. In very good condiditon. Ex: C. Lopez Torres collection, Miami. The Cuzco School (Escuela Cuzqueña) was a Roman Catholic artistic tradition based in Cusco, Peru (the former capital of the Inca Empire) during the Colonial period, in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It was n...