$383Sale Price|25% Off
Pre Columbian Bowl Nicoya region Costa Rica
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Bowl with incised design Nicoya region Costa Rica A Terracotta with polychrome burnished surface with small suspension modelled hand...
Stone
Published Papagayo Polychromed Rattling Tripod Bowl, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Papagayo polychrome pottery bowl, Mandador variety. Round bottomed bowl rests on three animal headed rattle legs. Exterior painted wide band with two stylized plumed serpents of jagu...
Pottery
Published Polychromed Rattling Tripod Bowl - Guanacaste, Costa Rica (600-900 AD)
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Birmania polychrome pottery tripod bowl having hollow rattle, zoomorphic head type feet. Interior painted decoration probably depicts a stylized alligator ...
Pottery
$2,049Sale Price / set|40% Off
Pair of Costa Rican Terracotta Ovoid Bowls
Located in London, GB
This beautiful and highly decorative pair of Costa Rican terracotta bowls are ovoid in shape and come from the Talamancan Mountains region. They are decorated stylized human faces in...
Clay
Pre-Columbian Nazca Polychrome Bowl South American art
Located in London, GB
Pre-Columbian Nazca Polychrome Bowl South Coast Peru, Nazca Culture, c. 200–600 AD A fine hand-coiled pottery bowl decorated in classic Nazca polychrome pigments—cream, black, red,...
Ceramic, Pottery
Ancient Cedar Wood Sweet Refined Egyptian Mummy Mask
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Elegant ancient cedar wood sweet Egyptian mummy mask, 8 3/4 Inches high. Soft weathered surface and great expression. Areas of chips erosion and little bits...
Organic Material, Wood
$515
H 3.55 in W 4.73 in D 6.3 in
Interesting pre-Columbian terracotta frog transformed into a piggy bank
Located in Leuven , BE
Interesting pre-Columbian terracotta frog that appears to have undergone a curious transformation into a piggy bank at some point in its history. Elega...
Terracotta
$1,762Sale Price|25% Off
H 8.75 in W 5 in D 4.25 in
Peru Pre Inca 100-700 Ad Moche Pre Columbian Personified Vessel in Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
Rare pre Hispanic Moche culture, pre-Inca earthenware vessel. A beautiful interesting piece, created in the southern Peru region around the 100-700 AD by the Moche culture. This rare early period...
Earthenware, Pottery
$2,104Sale Price|30% Off
H 14.97 in W 11.03 in D 11.03 in
Large Ancient Cypriot Bichrome Ware Amphora Pottery ca. 800–600 BC
Located in London, GB
Ancient Cypriot Bichrome Ware Amphora – Cypro-Archaic, ca. 750-400 BC A beautifully preserved Large ancient Cypriot bichrome ware amphora dating to the Cypro-Archaic period (ca. 75...
Pottery
$3,074
H 11.03 in W 5.91 in D 3.94 in
Pre Columbian Rare Central Mexican Terracotta Figure with Bowl C. 600–1200 CE
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Rare Central Mexican Terracotta Figure with Bowl A Pre-Columbian terracotta figure from the Central Highlands of Mexico, depicting a standing figure holding a large bow...
Pottery
Wedgwood Queensware Polychrome Painted Bowl from the Art Deco Period
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Wedgwood Queensware footed bowl from the Art Deco Period. Painted in greens and blues with a stylized foliate pattern, the base impressed Wedgwood, with painted pattern numbers, and ...
Ceramic
$669
H 8.67 in W 5.52 in D 9.45 in
Pre-Columbian Tairona Double-Chambered Vessel — Colombia Circa 800 to 1500 AD
Located in London, GB
Pre-Columbian Tairona Double-Chambered Vessel — Colombia Circa 800 to 1500 AD A striking Pre-Columbian Tairona double-chambered ceramic vessel, from northern Colombia. Formed wit...
Pottery
Antique French Woven Wire Basket, circa 1900
Located in Trensacq, FR
Charming handcrafted Provincial French woven wire work basket, circa 1900. A well-executed nicely shaped 'pannier' with moveable handles and decorative loop...
Wire
Vintage Crystal Art Glass Steuben Bowl on Tripod Base
By Steuben Glass
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Crystal Clear Art Glass Steuben Bowl Dish. Vintage Modern Clear Crystal Art Glass Floret Footed Bowl Signed Acid Etched Steuben. Designed by Steuben in the late 20th century ...
Crystal
Pre-Columbian Warrior Banner, Chimu, Peru, circa 1100-1476 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Pre-Columbian ornamental banner with fringes composed of warriors/divinities holding figures in their hands, surrounded by geometric frets. Two-headed birds in alternating colors decorate the top and bottom of the banner. This one-of-a-kind tapestry has preserved its vibrant original colors and fibres. Professionally cleaned. Provenance: Private European Collection Textiles from elite Chimu tombs include elaborate gauzes, embroidery, painted plain weave and tapestry, and three-dimensional fibre sculptures. Among others, shades of yellow and brown, scarlet, white, lavender-blue and olive green were the colors used. Birds and a deity wearing a crescent-like headdress have been the most popular decorative motifs. Many Chimu textiles...
Vivid Huari Pre-Columbian Textile, Peru, Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Pre-Columbian textile fragment with wave like patterns woven in bright colors. Framed in a black shadow box. It is a wonder to behold antiquities such as a pre-Columbian textiles, an authentic piece of art that has been preserved for centuries and that survives generation after generation. Textiles are infinitely more delicate than wood, metal, or rock artifacts - so the existence of these pieces after hundreds and thousands of years is exceptional. These textiles maintain their vibrant colors, natural threads, and their unique, historical designs. Provenance: This textile comes from the collection Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart and former collection of the archaeologist Ferdinand Anton...
Textile
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H 10 in W 7.5 in D 4.5 in
Pre Columbian Figure Volcanic Stone Trophy Head Hunter Statue, Costa Rica 800 AD
Located in Portland, OR
Ancient Pre Columbian figure Volcanic stone trophy head hunter statue, Costa Rica 800 to 1100 AD. Watershed Period V, circa 800 to 1100 CE. Skill...
Stone
Pre Columbian Ancient Central America Nicoya Guancaste Cencer
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Ancient Central American Nicoya Guanacaste A small Censer with Tripod legs and knotwork painted design Nicoya Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica Circa 800 to 1200 AD Mea...
Pottery
Large Pre-Columbian Stone Metate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved stone ceremonial tripod Metate. Made in Costa Rica circa 900 to 1400 AD.
Stone
Pre Columbian Gold and Jade Necklace
Located in Dallas, TX
The Holy Trinity of Pre Columbian Beauty! A rare and unique one of a kind necklace comprised of Veraguas, Chiriquí, Diquís Costa Rican to Panama gold figural anthropomorphic pendants of avian form and tubular and spherical gold beads. Circa 1000 AD. 14-15 Karat Gold. Add a rare square jade axe...
Jade, Gold
Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Bowl
Located in Astoria, NY
Pre-Columbian Nicoya pottery bowl from the Costa Rican Guanacaste Province, made in the 17th century. A round-bottomed red clay bowl painted with geomet...
Clay
Pre-Columbian Nicoya Pottery Bowl from Costa Rica
Located in Astoria, NY
Pre-Columbian Nicoya pottery bowl from Costa Rica, Guanacaste Province, circa 800. - 1200 CE. A round-bottomed red clay bowl painted with geometric des...
Clay
Pre Columbian Nicoya Peninsula Watershed Burial Vessels
By Nicoya
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of diminutive Costa Rican pottery burial vessels. One tripod red and black polychrome zoomorphic vessel and a smaller decorated vessel, 100 AD-1...
Pottery
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H 4.5 in W 13.25 in D 4.25 in
Prehistoric Hand Hewn Stone Balls Taino Costa Rica & Vicinity Set of Four
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Prehistoric hand hewn stone balls, set of four. Taino culture, Costa Rica and vicinity. Each sphere would have been a symbol of the carver’s skill. They are made by pecking away mat...
Stone
At Waddesdon Manor, artist Joana Vasconcelos has installed a three-tiered patisserie inspired by the narrative tile work of her homeland. We take a look at the cake sculpture and how Portuguese tiles have been used in architecture from the 17th century to today.
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