All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1229488 (stock #5013)
tlapacoya
$2,300.00
Pre-Columbian Articulated figure from Teotihuacan, Mexico. 11" x 5" x 2". Circa: 600 A.D. – 900 A.D. Very rare in this size,with this high degree of detail, and body adornments (necklace, ear flares, and bracelets). All original pieces with minor repairs. Provenance: Ancient Arts Gallery, Laguna Beach, California.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1229484 (stock #5012)
tlapacoya
$1,350.00
Pre-Columbian Articulated figure from Teotihuacan, Mexico. 6" x 3" x 2". Circa: 600 – 900 A.D. Beautiful all original condition. Provenance: Leonard Kaplan, Laguna Beach California.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1229477 (stock #5007)
tlapacoya
$7,400.00
Pre-Columbian, Very large, very striking female figure from Nayarit Mexico. 22" x 11" x 7". Fine detail throughout. Extensive mineral deposits. Provenance:Ronald Normandeau Collection, Laguna Beach, California.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225833 (stock #1225833 )
tlapacoya
$6,500.00
Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan Figure 12 ½ x 4 ½ x .05. Circa 600-700 A.D. Provenance: Sam Crockett collection, Cohutta, Ga.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225831 (stock #5011)
tlapacoya
$1,300.00
Pre-Columbian Mezcala Stone Figure. Circa. B.C. Standing Male figure Type 4. 5 1/2” x 1 3/4”. Provenance: Axel Traugott
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225826 (stock #3720)
tlapacoya
$4,900.00
Pre-Columbian Maya Eccentric Obsidian Scepter. Cira.600 A.D. to 900 A.D. 5” x 0.625” x 14.5. These visually complex silhouette scepters, many found at Copan,embodied their role as cutting weapons and were symbolic of the martial pursuits of most late classic period rulers. Repaired break. Ref. Maya pg. 259, Rizzoli, 1998. Provenance: Spencer Throckmorton Gallery, NY, NY.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225824 (stock #5009)
tlapacoya
$8,500.00
Pre-Columbian Chimu Goldball Necklace. Circa 1000 A.D. – 1200 A.D. 28” total lenght. 76 grams total weight. Composed of high karat gold beads including fourteen large, lentoid-ball beads, each interspersed with a medium size gold bead and sixty-four small gold beads. Several of the large beads have dents and evidence of crushing and small holes along the central soldering seam. Modernly strung, suitable for wearing. Provenance: Ex. Jean-Eugene Lions Collection, Geneva.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225821 (stock #4128)
tlapacoya
$3,700.00
Pre-Columbian Columbia Gold and Lapis Necklace. 25”L. Circa 500 A.D. – 1200 A.D. Restrung with modern hasp. Very stunning. Provenance: Charles G. Moore, Howard S. Rose Gallery, NY, NY.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225816 (stock #5008)
tlapacoya
$2,500.00
Pre-Columbian Olmec Standing Figure. Mexico. 1 3/4”H. Circa: 1200 B.C. – 400 B.C. A blue-green carved jade example depicting a standing dwarf figure holding his arms to his sides and his hands over his large stomach. Expressive facial features having an open mouth which has a drilled perforation. Drilled openwork arms with two tiny drilled perforations through the upper arms. Short stubby legs, left leg has a chip to the inside corner, otherwise intact...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225811 (stock #5006)
tlapacoya
$475.00
Pre-Columbian Chinesco Seated Figure. Rare Type ‘C’.Circa. 300 B.C. – 300 A.D. 6 1/2” x 2 1/2”. This very rare type ‘C’ sitting in a pondering state, showing mineralization and root marks. Several repaired breaks to arm, torso, and leg. Provenance: R.G. Munn
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225809 (stock #5002)
tlapacoya
$2,800.00
Pre-Columbian Olmec Jade Greenston Pendants (4). Mexico. Circa. 900 - 600 B.C. 2 1/8” x 2 3/14” L. Provenance: Estat of Carol Meyer, NYC. Each in the form of Jaguar’s claws, or teeth with curving, tapered ends. Four of the jades formed with concave reverse, each pierced for suspension. Four now strung on a modern gold chain, as pendants to a necklace. All are in excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225099 (stock #4521)
tlapacoya
$925.00
Pre-Columbian Mayan Poison Vessel – Guatemala Circa Classic period 600 A.D. – 900 A.D??. 3” x 2 ½”. Cream slip with red cinnabar hightlighting a Maya seated dignat___ with glyphs surrounding him. Repaired break showing area of mineralization.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225097 (stock #3664)
tlapacoya
$8,900.00
Pre-Columbian Mayan Cylinder Vase – Honduras. Circa. - 600 – 900 A.D. Classic period. 7 1/2” x 7 ½. Displays Warriors and Nobles with fish faced glyphs encircling upper band. Repaired from approximately 9 pieces, root marks and numerous mineral deposits. Provenance: Hilton Collection, Santa Monica, Ca. Collected in the 1960s. Please Note: Color most accurate in Enlargement 1.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225095 (stock #4471)
tlapacoya
$775.00
Pre-Columbian Jalisco Male Figure. Circa. 300 B.C. – 300 A.D. Standing Male figure with a cream slip with blacken facial markings with head, nose and ear ornaments showing extensive mineralization.. 9 1/2” x 6 1/2”. Provenance: John Platt Collection
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1225093 (stock #3933)
tlapacoya
$1,150.00
Pre-Columbian Mayan Warrior Cylinder Vase. Circa. 600 A.D. to 900 A.D. Black rimmed, orange surfaced with black robed warriors holding what appears to be spears. 5.5” x 5.5”. Provenance: Metropolitan Museum, New York, Rockefeller Collection. Arte Primitivo, NY,NY.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225091 (stock #3725)
tlapacoya
$3,700.00
Pre-Columbian A Very Rare Chinesco Figure Seated Figure, ‘Type E’. Laguna. This striking, yet delicate seated figure with a burnished creamy white slip, decorated with red painted details, including the well known “Red Hand”, emblematic of the Type ‘E’ Chinesco figures in the distinguished museum collections, dates to the Protoclassic Period of the West Mexican sculpture tradition in Southwestern Nayarit...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225089 (stock # 4501)
tlapacoya
$8,500.00
Mayan Decorated Cylinder. 10 ¼” x 4 1/4” Circa 600 A.D. – 900 A.D. A tall, polychrome decorated vase having a wide center band two large Moan birds, a sea shell. Upper band of well developed, painted glyphs. Wide lower band containing four large circlular elements. Repaired from several large original pieces. Some areas of root marks minor paint loss. Provenance: Ex. Prof. Hugo Munsterberg (1916 – 1995) Collection. Acquired from Andre Emmerich, 1974.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225088 (stock #4447)
tlapacoya
$1,700.00
Teotihuacan Articulated Maskette. Mexico. A natural buff-brown pottery mask depicting an wrinkled faced male, probably representing Huehueteotl, the fire god. Articulated lower jaw, upper with two teeth. Perforated eyes and ears and incised wrinkles. Repaired from approximately six original pieces with some fill along the break lines. Perforated along the rim for attachment. A rare example. 5”H. x 5 ½” W. ” Circa: 600 A.D. – 800 A.D. Provenance: Howard S...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225079 (stock #3907)
tlapacoya
$3,500.00
Aztec Serpent Censer. Central Valley Mexico. Aztec. Circa. 1350 A.D. – 1520 A.D. 2” x 5.25” x 25”. Musical Fire Censer in the form a of a serpent, very highly detailed piece. Repaired from several breaks multi color red, buff, cream, and brown. Very unique and beautiful. Provenance: Howard Rose, NY,NY
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1225071 (stock #4189)
tlapacoya
$795.00
Xochipala Jade Ear Ornaments. Mexico. Circa. 1200 - 1000 B.C. 1 7/8”L x 1 7/16” W. A matched pair of carved, thin, pale green jade plaques having incised carvings, each showing a crested bird’s head with open work mouth. Each perforated at the back of the head for suspension, one with a perforation above the birds eye. Both are intact, exc. cond. It was common practice in antiquity to recycle and re-carve broken jade objects...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1223125
Priceless Past
$995.00
This figure is a flat, pottery warrior statue from the Colima culture in the area of Western Mexico, Tecoman and coastal area, ca. 200 BCE - 200 CE. The style of this unslipped buff figurine is typical of Tecoman and the coastal area. It blends the typical coffee-bean eyes and facial features with a plate-flat body and string arms...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1221922 (stock #3915)
tlapacoya
$950.00
Pre-Columbian Mayan Cylinder Vase – Central America. Circa. - 600 – 900 A.D...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1221921 (stock #3824)
tlapacoya
$645.00
Pre-Columbian Sitting Female San Juanito – Jalisco figure. Circa. 300 B.C. – 300 A.D. Red and Black pigment on Buff. Tasseled ear pendent type. Size:11” x 6 ½ 5 ½
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1221919 (stock #4036)
tlapacoya
$95.00
Pre-Columbian Seated male with hands on knees. Jalisco. Circa. 300 B.C. to 300 A.D. Tightly fitted cap in crisscross pattern. Long thin nose and coffee bean eyes. Terra Cotta. Red surface pigment. 4.5” x 3.5” x 2”. Provenance: Private Collection, Santa Fe, N.M.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1221911 (stock #4424)
tlapacoya
$625.00
Pre-Columbian Seated Male Warrior with Club. Ixtlan del rio – Nayarit. Black, Red, White pigment. Designs on front and back. Several ancient breaks restored. 11” x 5” x 3.5” Circa. 300 B.C. – 300 A.D. Provenance: Stevens Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1221907 (stock #4114)
tlapacoya
$250.00
Pre-Columbian Mezcala Maskette, Stone. 5’ x 3.5” 1.5” Circa 600 B.C. – 300 A.D. Provenance: Auction – Southwest College, La Mesa, Ca.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1221894 (stock #5001)
tlapacoya
$55.00
Pre-Columbian 3 Legged Coast Watcher. Vera Cruz. 4” x 1 ¼” x 2 ¾”. Circa: 300 B.C. – 300 A.D.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1221870 (stock #4071)
tlapacoya
$325.00
Terra cotta standing female figure. Colima. Circa. 300 B.C. – 300 A.D. Several repairs, all original. 9.5” x 4” x 1”. Provenance: Arte Primitivo NY, NY.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1208668 (stock #LS201307)
Ancient Artifacts
$1,000.00
This beautiful crescent pick bannerstone is 3". It is in perfect condition with no damage or nicks anywhere. It is made from gorgeous concentric green and black banded slate. Found in Williams County, Ohio. From the collection of Dana Staley.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1199349 (stock #P59)
Rare ancient pre-Columbian Ameca-Ezatlán terracotta sculpture of a standing woman, 300 BC - 300 AD, from Jalisco region, in central-western Mexico.

The ceramic figure is exquisitely crafted and features a female standing with curvaceous proportions. She stands on arched feet with her arms stretched outward. Her broad shoulders and ample breasts give her a commanding presence. The sculpture is decorated with a necklace made of shell pendant and painted with white buff paint.

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pottery : Pre 1492 item #1199345 (stock #P58)
Antique Pre-Columbian, Chancay civilization, circa 1000 -1470 AD, terracotta effigy figure depicting Llama. This exquisite artifact is a unique example of Chancay pottery, crafted from earthenware and adorned with a beautiful slip decoration. The simplicity of the plain slip technique used to decorate this piece gives it a timeless elegance that is sure to captivate any admirer of ancient Peruvian art.

The Chancay were a pre-Hispanic archeological civilization that developed between the va...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1199317 (stock #P52)
Ancient, Pre-Columbian, Colima culture Protoclassic (100 BC to 250AD) ceramic effigy vessel in the form of a duck with low rounded body, small wings to the sides as if ready for flaying, the short tail at the back and the flaring spout emerging from the center.
CONDITION: as can be seen in this photo, the piece has been broken and re-glued in same places.
MEASUREMENTS: Height: 17.2cm (6 ¾ inches). Width at middle: 20.3cm (8 inches).

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1199313 (stock #P50)
Rare Antique Pre-Colombian Tairona Culture c. AD 900 – 1550. Burnished earthenware “four” holed effigy ocarina in the form of a deity wearing a long dress and a tall elaborate ceremonial headdress, seated on a Double-headed Serpent Throne. The blowhole is found on the top of the deity’s headdress.
CONDITION: good overall condition except for one minor crack on the back, minor chips, showing the age and usage with traces of earthen deposits, showing the age and usage. There are ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Pre AD 1000 item #1197548 (stock #LS20136)
Ancient Artifacts
$30,000.00
This incredible Olmec standing figure is 5 1/4 inches high (13.5cm) and 2 inches wide (5cm). It is made from beautiful opaque Olmec blue jade. The right arm was broken off in ancient times. The figure is represented in the back as transforming into a bird, with the back of the head, ears, and upper strap muscles of the figure's back forming the image of the head, eyes, and beak. It has incised iconography on the front and back. Please refer to my other Olmec standing figure LS20127 which is 8 3/...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Pre 1700 item #1183650 (stock #LS20135)
Alaska Eskimo harpoon spear point 2.3" long, circa Thule culture 1200 AD to 1700 AD. It was found on Saint Lawrence Island located in the Bering Strait Northern coastal region of Alaska. It has beautiful dark patination. In great condition and is very solid.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Pre AD 1000 item #1181234 (stock #LS20133)
These 16 bone pendants were found together in Smythe County, Virginia on a Hopewell site. They are all identical in form. They are all drilled from the top at an angle. Average size is 1". They are made from squirrel shoulder blades. They have excellent patina and are all very solid. This is a very rare and unusual assemblage. They are ex Tom Davis. The name of the finder goes to the buyer.