An attractive red terracotta stamp seal, carved in deep relief with a cruciform pattern, Pre-Columbian, Nicoya, Linea Vieja, 1st. mill. AD
Well-made in a wonderful condition. Almost stone-like density of this red ceramic.
Size: 43 mm. tall and c. 47-48 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Extremely Fine.
Ex. German Private Collection and ex a Dorotheum auctionsale in 1980, where it was purchased!
Inca colonial Kero, Peru, 17th/18th century.
H. 13 cm.
Provenance:
In my collection since the mid 90’s, bought from an Amsterdam antique dealer.
Seated figure, Nayarit, West Mexico, 100BC-250AD.
H. 16,5 cm. The head restored.
Ex Dutch auction house, ca. 2005.
Standing figure, Nayarit, West Mexico, 100BC-250AD
H. 19,5 cm. Good condition: chip to the right ear and a minor repair to the tip of the nose. Good manganese deposits.
Ex Dutch private collection, collected in the 1970’s.
Seated hunchback figure, Jalisco, Mexico, 100BC-250AD
H. 18 cm. Good condition with great manganese deposits and traces of plant roots.
Ex Dutch auction house, ca. 2005, since then in my private collection.
A fine large ceramic vessel - a globular jar with negative resist pattern in black on red, Ecuador or Columbia, pre 1000 AD.
Size: 23 cm. wide and 14 cm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with a tiny pin-hole in the side, preserved decoration.
Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark...
A beautiful large pottery food bowl, Pre-Columbian Moche culture, TL tested to be c. 2000 years old.
In orange ware with decorative red line at the rim.
Size c. 20 cm. in diameter.
Condition: Nice Very fine and intact. With some glue below the base from a previous mounting.
Comes with a Ralf Kotalla TL test from 1991!
Ex. Old German private Collection, aquired in the 1980s.
A large and attractive globular jar of blackware, Chimú c. 1200-1400 AD.
The vessel comes with a TL test from Ralf Kotallas lab.
Ex. Old German collection from the 1980s.
Height: c. 21,5 cm.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact.
Ex. Old German collection from the 1980s.
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.
A lovely intact and large Messapian oinochoe with rotelles at the handle, 4th century BC.
The decor in dark brown depicting between broad lines on the shoulder and corpus a circle of leaves and two laurel-branches...
A larger and very refined La Tolita head. He wears a giant nosering and a cap, in hard burnt stoneware.
Size: 5 cm. tall and 5 cm. wide. Unmounted.
Condition: Choice.
Ex Old German Private Collection.
A fine selection of beautiful early heads, pre-columbian from c. 300 BC-600 AD.
Mainly Mexico, Maya, but could be others as well. Incl. a lovely head of a wrinkled old man with big ears.
Size: Up to c. 56 mm.
Ex. Austrian Private Collecyion, c. 1960-1990.
Pair of pottery fragments including a head with torso from the La Tolita culture, c. 200 BC-300 AD. and a very interesting head, that wears a mask that looks like a divers mask or an astronauts mask. Closely fitted over the eyes and nose. Peculiar!
Size: 44 mm. and 35 mm. tall.
Ex. Old German private Collection.
Museum Quality Antique Inuit Carvings Canada Polar Bear & Sledger c1910
MUSEUM QUALITY INUIT CARVINGS
These carvings are in damaged condition as can be seen in the images and are very scarce as they are extremely old. They were collected in the Northern Territories of Canada in the 1950's, but date to a much earlier period.
Pre Columbian Artifact Seated Woman With Bowl & Headdress Repaired
A PRE COLUMBIAN SEATED WOMAN WITH BOWL
This figural Pre Columbian pieces is, as can be seen repaired at some stage it is life and with all its pieces intact. Collected in the 1930's. Measures 5.5" in height
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 highly attractive terracotta stamp seal, carved in deep relief with a monkey, Pre-Columbian, Nicoya, LHustar Culture, 800-1200 AD
Well-made in a wonderful condition and large. Almost stone-like density of this orange-red ceramic.
Size: 61 mm. tall and 48 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Extremely Fine.
Ex. German Private Collection and comes with a picture of a receipt from a Dorotheum auctionsale in 1980, where it was purchased!
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 and large. Almost stone-like density of this red ceramic.
Size: 57 mm. tall and 48 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Extremely Fine.
Ex. German Private Collection and comes with a picture of a receipt from a Dorotheum auctionsale in 1977, where it was purchased!