Antique Peru

Significant regions included New Granada (Colombia), Peru, and the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata (Argentina)

The Potosi Mint signifies that the coin was minted in northern Peru, modern-day Bolivia. Coin Details: - Type: Atocha Coin - Grade: Grade 2 - Denomination: 4 Reale - Reign: King Ph...

A Rare and Unusual Pair of 18th Century Spanish Colonial 'Enconchado' Mirrors Veneered in Tortoiseshell and Inlaid With Bone and Mother of Pearl Made in Lima (Peru) or Mexico Circa...

Tumbaga Gold The term tumbaga was used in pre-Columbian times from Mesoamerica to Peru and Chile as a generic term for any combination of gold and copper.

This map shows the northern part of South America with Peru, Brazil, Guyana etc. By Robert de Vaugondy, revised and published by Delamarche.

Anson's outward journey took him to the coast of South America, around Cape Horn and up to the Juan Fernandes Islands off the coast of Peru, from whence he sailed to Mexico and then ...

Shows a huge La Plata province that includes much of Peru and all of present-day Bolivia and Argentina north of Patagonia.

The map presents Brazil in detailed regional context, extending beyond national borders to include Uruguay, Paraguay, the Guianas, and parts of Colombia, Peru, and Chile. This wider ...

Otherwise, he was open to the world, including voyages to the Black Sea, as well as South (Chile and Peru) and North America. Besides being an artist who followed the established ca...

In addition to several U.S. destinations and Japan, the ports visited during the round-the-world tour included Trinidad, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, the Phil...

The earliest evidence for the working of gold in the New World comes from Peru, in South America. The first salient works were personal ornaments such as headdresses, pectorals, neck...

The earliest evidence for the working of gold in the New World comes from Peru, in South America. The first salient works were personal ornaments such as headdresses, pectorals, neck...

First in Bolivia, then in Peru, Gisella was taken with the bright costumes and traditions of the people she encountered.

First in Bolivia, then in Peru, Gisella was taken with the bright costumes and traditions of the people she encountered.

Beginning in the 17th century, local craftsmen in the town of Huamanga in the province of Ayacucho, Peru began to specialize in the production of small-scale, polychrome religious sc...

Silver caskets were common in Peru—a clear indication of their popularity and desirability—but caskets including textile elements are of extreme rarity.

Provenance: Manuel Ortíz de Zevallos y García, Peru; and by descent in the family to: Private Collection, New York.

Provenance: Private Collection, Spain. Known as Peruvian alabaster for its translucency and workability, Piedra de Huamanga is a highly prized material from the province of Ayacuch...

The iconography of the Vision of the Cross was disseminated widely in Peru and across the Americas through paintings made after this print, of which ours is a particularly accomplish...

Provenance: Private Collection, Paraguay, for at least the last 80 years Painted in the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 18th century, the present work depicts the young Christ as the...

Provenance: Private Collection, Argentina; there acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Harper, New York, by 1960; by descent to: Mr. and Mrs. Alan Harper, New York, until 2024. This e...