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Seven Pre-Columbian Items
Lot: 1Sold for: $296$250Seven Pre-Columbian Items, western Mexican stone figure, urn-shaped stone pendant, Colima ocarina, a fragment head, Michoacan lady, Mayan obsidian eccentric, and a group of clay spindle whorls, ht. more ...
Two Western Mexico Pre-Columbian Pottery Figures
Lot: 2Sold for: $267$225Two Western Mexico Pre-Columbian Pottery Figures, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., a seated male figure with one hand to his chin, and a standing Nayarit female with traces of white pigment detailing, ht. to 7 more ...
Pre-Columbian Pottery Couple with Child
Lot: 3Sold for: $1,896$1,600Pre-Columbian Pottery Couple with Child, Mexico, Jalisco, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., depicting a seated elderly couple, the woman holding a baby and with cords from one hand trailing to a bowl near her more ...
Pre-Columbian Female Pottery Figure
Lot: 4Sold for: $2,489$2,100Pre-Columbian Female Pottery Figure, Chinesco, Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., the seated form with hands to the abdomen, incised hair, red-brown with white details, ht. 6 3/4 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Warrior Figure
Lot: 5Sold for: $711$600Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Warrior Figure, Nayarit, Mexico, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., the seated form holding a shield and spear (?),painted white with red and black details, (some restoration),more ...
Pre-Columbian Painted Pottery Figure
Lot: 6Sold for: $593$500Pre-Columbian Painted Pottery Figure, Colima, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., depicting a large-legged male form carrying a basket of fish with a tumpline, (broken and reassembled),ht. 10 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Pottery Vessel in the Shape of a Dog
Lot: 7Sold for: $1,896$1,600Pre-Columbian Pottery Vessel in the Shape of a Dog, Colima, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., the plump form with bared teeth and open spout tail, painted red-brown overall, ht. 10 1/4, lg. 14 1/4 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Pottery Dog
Lot: 8Sold for: $8,888$7,500Pre-Columbian Pottery Dog, Colima, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., the standing form with tail turned to one side, open mouth, incised detail, and flared spout at the top of the head, painted overall in more ...
Pre-Columbian Pottery Dog
Lot: 9UnsoldPre-Columbian Pottery Dog, Colima, c. 100 B.C.-250 A.D., the well-fed form with exposed teeth and short curled tail, ht. 10 1/2, lg. 15 1/2 in. Provenance: Sotheby's, May 17, 2002, lot 26 2. more ...
Lot of Rare Books Pertaining to Pre-Columbian Art
Lot: 10Sold for: $1,007$850Lot of Rare Books Pertaining to Pre-Columbian Art, includes Incidents of Travel in the Yucatan, two volumes, 1843, two volumes 1844, Rambles in Yucatan, 1842, The Maya Vase Book, by Justin Kerr, more ...
Lot of Books
Lot: 11Sold for: $1,778$1,500Lot of Books, over forty books pertaining to Pre-Columbian and tribal art. more ...
Pre-Columbian Blackware Bowl
Lot: 12Sold for: $2,844$2,400Pre-Columbian Blackware Bowl, Olmec, c. 1200-900 B.C., with two stylized symbolic quadripartite designs separated by bisected panels, red pigment highlights, (crack),ht. 5 1/4, dia. 5 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Carved Blackware Vessel
Lot: 13Sold for: $1,185$1,000Pre-Columbian Carved Blackware Vessel, Olmec, Las Bocas, c. 1150-550 B.C., carved with stylized bird, the wing incorporating the "wing-paw" motif, with striated background, (chipped rim),ht. 5 1/4, more ...
Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure
Lot: 14Sold for: $4,740$4,000Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure, Olmec, c. 1200-900 B.C., cream slip with traces of red on the hands and feet, representing a seated baby-like figure with open mouth, one hand raised and outspread more ...
Pre-Columbian Jade Pendant
Lot: 15Sold for: $1,007$850Pre-Columbian Jade Pendant, Olmec, c. 1150-550 B.C., blue-green stone in the form of a jaguar's claw, with incised were-jaguar profile at one end, pierced for suspension, ht. 2 in. Provenance: more ...
Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Effigy Figure
Lot: 16Sold for: $2,133$1,800Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Effigy Figure, Mixtec (?),the cylindrical form depicting a deity wearing an elaborate headdress and ear ornaments, ht. 14 in. Provenance: The Paul Rabut more ...
Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure
Lot: 17Sold for: $1,896$1,600Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure, Vera Cruz, c. 250-450 A.D., the seated male figure with crossed legs, hands to the knees, and wearing snake-form ear ornaments, an elaborate chest ornament, and more ...
Pre-Columbian Carved Stone Yoke
Lot: 18Sold for: $13,035$11,000Pre-Columbian Carved Stone Yoke, Vera Cruz, c. 550-950 A.D., the outside ends carved to represent a warrior in profile with speech scroll projecting from the mouth, the rounded sides with an more ...
Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Bowl
Lot: 19Sold for: $356$300Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Bowl, Mixtec, the pedestal form with fret devices and abstract feather pattern encircling the base, ht. 5 3/4, dia. 5 1/2 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure
Lot: 20Sold for: $889$750Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure, Xochipala, c. 1150-550 B.C., the standing figure wearing a mitt, ankle-high boots, and stippled helmet, red pigment details, ht. 5 1/4 in. Provenance: Sotheby's, more ...
Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure
Lot: 21Sold for: $296$250Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure, Huastec, c. 250-450 A.D., depicting a seated ball player with one hand on his padded belt, ht. 4 in. Provenance: Sotheby's, June 2, 1999, lot 376. more ...
Two Pre-Columbian Pottery Figures
Lot: 22Sold for: $770$650Two Pre-Columbian Pottery Figures, Mexico, Teotihuacan, c. 450-650 A.D., with fine facial features and probably representing dancers, (repaired),ht. to 5 1/4 in. Provenance: Sotheby's, May 28, more ...
Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure of a Priest
Lot: 23Sold for: $1,481$1,250Pre-Columbian Pottery Figure of a Priest, Nopiloa, c. 550-950 A.D., the kneeling figure wearing a monkey deity costume, holding a shield in one hand and with removable face mask in the form of a more ...
Pre-Columbian Incised Blackware Pottery Cylinder
Lot: 24Sold for: $385$325Pre-Columbian Incised Blackware Pottery Cylinder, Maya, c. 650-900 A.D., with traces of red pigment in the two geometric panels, (restoration),ht. 6 1/4, dia. 5 3/4 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Incised Pottery Cylinder
Lot: 25Sold for: $474$400Pre-Columbian Incised Pottery Cylinder, Maya, c. 650-900 A.D., red vessel with traces of white in the design, depicting stylized monkeys, (some restoration),ht. 7 1/4, dia. 5 3/8 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Carved Pottery Cylinder
Lot: 26Sold for: $948$800Pre-Columbian Carved Pottery Cylinder, Maya, c. 550-950 A.D., the outside carved to emulate basketry, ht. 6 1/2, dia. 5 3/4 in. more ...
Pair of Pre-Columbian Carved Pottery Cylinders
Lot: 27Sold for: $1,778$1,500Pair of Pre-Columbian Carved Pottery Cylinders, Monte Alban II, c. 200-700 A.D., each with a carved panel, one depicting a feline god head, the other his female counterpart, ht. to 5 in. more ...
Pre-Columbian Polychrome Incised Pottery Cylinder
Lot: 28Sold for: $652$550Pre-Columbian Polychrome Incised Pottery Cylinder, Maya, c. 650-900 A.D., buff color, with dark red frame lines and orange-red panel with depiction of seated male figure performing a blood letting, more ...
Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Cylinder
Lot: 29Sold for: $4,148$3,500Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Cylinder, Maya, c. 550-950 A.D., depicting a dignitary on both sides, seated on a cushion and wearing elaborate headdress, black and cream on a deep orange, more ...
Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Cylinder
Lot: 30Sold for: $8,295$7,000Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Cylinder, Maya, c. 550-950 A.D., with two cormorants in white and black on a deep orange ground, palmette leaves encircling the rim, (cracks, wear),ht. 5 3/4 in. more ...