A rare representation of an Opussum on a stirrup pottery vessel, Pre-columbian, Vicús Culture 100 BC. - 300 AD.

Very attractive sculpturing in redish clay.

Length: 22 cm.

Condition: Choice for type and culture, a long hairline repaired crack through the vessel, othervise intact in all it's parts. Vicüs vessels are usually always cracked and this an honest piece that could be restored so that this crack is not visible with little effort...

Costa Rican facial vessel from the Central Highlands - Atlantic Watershed Zone, dating to ca. 400-700 AD.

A beautiful bowl in a fine condition for the type, red slip and with a high handle. Archaic style faces in relief on the corpus.

Size: ca. 10 cm. wide and 10 cm. high.

Condition: Choice! Really nice and intact bowl, short closed stress hairline in the bottom is no distraction, from this othervise perfect quality pice. No repairs or losses.

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Scarce pottery vase, Pre-Columbian Culture of Guanacaste, 1000 - 1500 A.D.

A fine little vase with incredible vivid colours, trompetshaped with footring. Tagged with black ink 'Cazhaldma' in the bottom, possible a finding place.

Size: 10 cm.

Condition: Choice, few minor nicks to the rim.

Ex Westermann collection, from the 1960s

Pre-Columbian globular pottery jar, Chancay Peru, 1000-1400 AD.

A beautiful and scarce larger pottery jar from the Chancay culture, globular shape with applied handles in both sides and tiny animals on both sides as well. The pottery greyish white with black line decoration.

Size: 19 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice!, some roughness to the edge of the spout, othervise intact.

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A superb quality ancient Pre-Columbian, Chorrera, ca. 9th–5th century B.C. Effigy vessel. A flat -bottomed compound vessel with a raised neck, slightly flared rim and three Anthropomorphic / Zoomorphic heads protruding from the shoulders, equidistantly positioned to provide a sense of balance to the overall composition of the vessel.

Details of the visages are nicely incised and delineated in repousse. Boasts a lovely redware finish and nice burnishing marks...

Antique Pre-Columbian Chimú Blackware Pottery Vessel ca. 1100 - 1532 AD. The middle part of the vessel is divided into four quadrants and decorated in relief featuring Naylamp/Naylap, a mythical god, standing with raised arms, as well as a scorpion with a human head, and a figure of an animal. Of these three figures, they wear large crescentic headdresses, the forth panel depicts two human figures holding large crescentic headdress...

A rare Peruvian Stirrup Vessel, Chimú culture, ca. 1000-1300 AD.

The globular vessel with stirrup handle, the body decorated with two elongated, snake-like fish, fine little bird is seated at the handle.

Size: ca. 21,5 cm. high.

_Choice, looks completely intact

Ex. W. S., München, before 1974.

Rare Ceramic stirrup spout vessel with seated Scorpio. Moche Culture, Peru, 100 BC to 700 AD.

A superb vessel in very good intact condition. A Scorpio is seated on top of the vessel and from it's back, the stirrup handle evolves.

Size: 20 cm.

Condition: Superb.

Ex Estate sale of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 2003 and since then in a Hessen Collection.

An unusual and rare Pre-Columbian necklace of ancient ivory-colored petrified Scorpian eggs and ceramic disc beads that were discovered together (it was restrung in Columbia)...

A rare pottery Jug with handle in red terracotta with the spout moulded as a human face and with eyes and brows drawn in black and cream. The arms on the belly drawn as well, all on a red glazed ground. Costa Rica, pre 15th. century

Size: ca. 12 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice, hairline repair to handle, othervise in perfect condition with preserved glaze. A very attractive vessel!

Ex. Professor Dr. Günther Marschall, Hamburg (1913 - 1997)

A very rare Jama-Coaque pottery bowl, ca. 500 B.C.-500 AD.

The ONLY pottery bowl we've ever seen with 5 legs, all decorated with faces of people or animals.

Interesting and very attractive bowl for any collection of fine Pre-Columbian antiquities.

Condition: Choice, very fine thin hairline othervise perfect for type.

From the collection of a doctor (B.S.) from Bayern in Southern Germany, 1970s-1980s.

Very interesting and unidentified Pre-Columbian pottery vessel or large Jug with handle, pre 15th. century AD and likly pre 1000 AD.

A very artful and attractive vessel with a small round spout and a bulbous body with 6 larger knobs in different colours, red, cream and black.

Perhaps from Peru or perhaps Columbia, we're not certain.

Size: 15,5 cm. in diameter and ca. 14,5 cm. high.

Ex. Ib Olsen Collection

From the shaft tombs of the Southern Highland Narino Region of Columbia.

This choice vessel has the body decorated with a red-on-cream resist painted pattern. Serrated edge.

Size: ca. 75 mm. high and ca. 155 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Choice! nothing to remark.

Ex. The Professor D.H. collection, Münic, ca. 1960s.

Carchi / Narino Culture. Ecuador, pottery jar with fine decorations of red on black glaze, ca. 850-1250 AD.

Size: 9 cm. high and 12 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice!

Ex. Provenance: Ib Olsen Collection, bought in the 1960s-1980s.

A rare and very interesting Pre-Columbian pottery vessel, Peru and most likely Moche(?), mid 1st. millenium AD.

Interesting vessel made in pottery to look like na waterskin or skin for alcoholic beverages. In redish glazed pottery.

A rare piece that was part of the inventory of a Danish Antiques dealer, his price still in the bottom - ca. $800!.

Size: 21. cm...

A fine Pre-Columbian Chimú-Inka pottery vase 1240 - 1570 BC.

The vessel tall with animal shaped handles. In black-glazed pottery, glossy and attractive.

Size: 13,5 cm.

Condition: Choice, micro chip to the rim!.

Ex. Private Berlin Estate collection

Colima vase/olla 300 bc. to 300 ad. No Restoration, it is approx: 5"wide X 5"high It was acquired from the Mc Quade estate. A Release and Disclosure" Statement will be provided. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BUYING OR MAKING A OFFER PLEASE EMAIL ME TIM JONES AT tejones0433@msn.com

Precolumbian (3) Jalisco pots ca. 1 ad. No Restoration, from left to right they are approx: bowl 4-1/2"wide X 2-1/2"deep, olla 3-1/2"wide X 4-1/2"high, olla 3"wide X 3"deep. It was acquired from the Mc Quade estate. A Release and Disclosure" Statement will be provided. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BUYING OR MAKING A OFFER PLEASE EMAIL ME TIM JONES AT tejones0433@msn.com