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.
Nice Costa Rica Pre Columbian olla with burnished and inscribed with painted geometric designs .There is some rim damage and at one time it was stained to cover the damage , A thick solid piece with a nice sheen. Size H 4.5" w 5.5"
A highly attractive terracotta stamp seal, carved in deep relief with a geomethric pattern, Pre-Columbian, Nicoya, Linea Vieja, 1st. mill. AD
Well-made in a wonderful condition. Almost stone-like density of this red ceramic.
Size: 57 mm. tall and 40 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Extremely Fine.
Ex. German Private Collection and ex a Dorotheum auctionsale in 1980, where it was purchased!
A large and attractive globular jar with twin handles and decorations on the upper part of the blackware vessel, Chimú c. 900-1400 AD.
Size: 18-19 cm. tall and 18-19 cm. wide.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact with two very small holes repaired.
Ex. Old German collection from the 1980s.
San Sebastián Style Nayarit Terracotta Sculpture of a Seated Man - Origin: Western Mexico,Circa: 300 BC to 300 AD,Dimensions H 6" by 4" repaired at neck . legs and neck repaired it re broke since listing so lower price was 685.00 now 199
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)
Peru Moche culture 200 bc-700 ad very rare solid copper beads . With a total of 19 pieces they seem to be all solid copper and many of the beads have designs such as birds, geometrics, melon shapes circles dots and edge trim designs. Most all have heavy patina but could be cleaned. largest bead 3/4" wide tallest almost 1/2" I have two lots with the same description just different quantity.this lot 19pc
Pre Columbian Peruvian Chavin lama Bone Crawfish shaped Spoon and steatite stone Bead with incised circular design. Spoon 2.25"
A wonderful sturdy cloakpin of silver with the substantial finial in gold, Chimú-Inca period, ca. 12th.-15th. century AD.
Size 14,1 cm. and weighing 10 grams.
German Private Collection, aquired between 1975-1985.
25 precolumbian spindle whorls of clay, large sizes, in variety of color, shapes, with embossed and incised decoration, from regions in Mexico to South America.
Measure 1 1/2" diameter in larger beads, some are deep, one is round.
Clay spindle whorls are found throughout the world, and those of the precolumbian regions have similar styles, shapes and decoration, utilizing varying colors of clay...
Seated figure, Nayarit, West Mexico, 100BC-250AD.
H. 16,5 cm. The head restored.
Ex Dutch auction house, ca. 2005.
Pre Columbian Volcanic stone foot offering effigy , small red brown stone carved as a left foot the top has a face carved with teeth . We believe this to be either Tairona due to the face or Costa Rican because they did make appendage offering pieces in stone. Wonderful tiny sculpture . Size L 3" W just under 1.5"
A Colima pre-Classic figure in fine condition with the tip of the head and left shoulder professionally restored to an unnoticeable state. 7.5" high.
Mexican Pre Columbian Tlatilco Terracotta Head. Rare fragment from an early culture c 1200bc-600bc. Tlatilco is noted in particular for its high quality pottery pieces, many featuring Olmec iconography. Tlatilco figures were known for their elaborate hair styles. This Bust has the classic eyes a large detailed hair style neck piece and double spool earrings and large breasts . Size 2.25" by 1.5"
West Mexican Black Burnished stucco tall sided bowl, nice shape well made with a great feel . there are chips and repair. The bowl matches one of our listings of a pair of Pre Columbian statue arms each holding a similar bowl with an offering. Size 2.5" by 5.5"
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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Mexican Pre Columbian Tlatilco Terracotta group lot . Fine double face head . fragments from an early culture c 1200bc-600bc. Tlatilco is noted in particular for its high quality pottery pieces, many featuring Olmec iconography. Tlatilco figures were known for their elaborate hair styles. This is the more unique pieces in the collection Size 1-2" high
It has No Restoration and is approx: 5-1/4"wide X 1-3/4"deep.
Precolumbian / Mayan poly chrome bowl, b/w on buff, no restoration. it is approx: 7"wide X 2-3/4"deep. Excellent deposits.
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