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EROTIC MOCHE STIRRUP VESSEL WITH MORBID THEME Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492 item# 569825 (stock# PES.41)
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Not for the sensitive, this erotic stirrup vessel (PES41) defies logical explanation. A description of what is shown is not difficult, but explaining its significance is beyond me. Rather than describe the images on the burnished 9 ¼” tall vessel, I’ll leave it to the reader to step through the photos and, if the message is clear to any reader, I’ll be grateful to add that interpretation to the write-up. Attributed to the Moche along the northern coast of Peru, whose art form is not unknown for ...click for details

ARCHAIC COLIMA MALE FIGURINE, WEST MEXICO Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492 item# 398919 (stock# LLL.0125)
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From the collection of the late Lynn Langdon who found this figurine (LLL125) in west Mexico in the mid-20th century, this figure is attributed to the Colima period, c.500BC-200AD. The slightly bow-legged image has been glued together and represents a powerful male wearing necklace, armbands, a head sash, and a kilt-like loin covering. The figure, which will not stand on its own, can be easily displayed in an upright position with a simple wire stand. This piece comes with a small display card, ...click for details

LAMBAYEQUE-CHIMU BURNISHED BLACKWARE BOTTLE Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492 item# 727883 (stock# LFG.437)
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From the Lorenzo Gordon Fritz collection, this fine burnished black-ware libation bottle (LFG437) is attributed to the Lambayeque-Chimu cultural area of north coastal Peru, c.700-1300AD. At the base of the neck is the modeled image of the slant-eyed and tattooed Naymlap, legendary Lambayeque hero king wearing three necklaces, and from whose shoulders erupt a pair of celestial serpents below each of which are prone adoration figures. On the handle of the vessel is a pair of birds, one of which ap ...click for details

TWELVE MOLDED ADORNOS: HEFLIN, CARD GROUP A Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492 item# 562973 (stock# AXH.CARD A)
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Aside for the overall quality and frequent uniqueness of the artifacts and relics from the Dr. Allen Heflin collection, it’s difficult not to to rank its next most important feature as the extreme care practiced by Heflin in documenting the provenance of almost every one of his approximately 10,000 treasured items. Not all of them were large, or impressive, or complete, or of museum quality, but many were simply the fragments and parts from ritually broken offerings to ancient gods, or pieces re ...click for details

LOT OF 3 PRE-COLUMBIAN POTS FROM WEST MEXICO Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492 item# 550526 (stock# LLL.0567)
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The late Lynn Langdon found the three Pre-Columbian ceramics in this lot (LLL567-677-687) in West Mexico in the mid-20th century. Intact and in overall very good to excellent condition with a couple of small rim chips to 677 and 687, the incised teardrop censer is 3 ½” tall, the polychrome jar 4 ¾” tall, and the bichrome bowl 4 ¾” wide. Langdon assigned the pieces to the Jalisco and Nayarit groups dating them c.300BC-600AD. The price shown buys all three of the pottery pieces together. The three ...click for details

PRE-COLUMBIAN BLACK ON RED PEDESTAL BOWL Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492 item# 543990 (stock# BWO.3)
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Measuring 3 ¼” in height, this attractively decorated black-on-red, negative resist, hollow-pedestal bowl with rattle (BWO3) is in overall good condition with a noticeable and poorly repaired chip on the rim is attributed to the Narino of Colombia dating c.850-1500AD. It comes with a map of Colombia, and our certificate guaranteeing authenticity. NOTE: if you would like to view a large number of our various listings, and at the same time limit your browsing, try our ‘TWELVE different items on a ...click for details

MIXTEC POLYCHROME CYLINDER GOBLET, CHOLULA Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492 item# 490618 (stock# RFM.51)
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Measuring 9 ½” in height, this colorful cylindrical vessel (RFM51) has a constriction at its center that made it handy for use as a drinking goblet or cup. Decorated with four sets of doubly stacked and uninterpreted glyphs, the vessel is attributed to the Mixtec, Cholula style, dating c.1200-1500AD. In overall good condition with minor restoration of two small rim chips and a repaired 3” base crack, a 1 ¼” hairline stress crack at the bottom has also been strengthened with soluble glue. From th ...click for details

GEOMETRICALLY DECORATED OLLA, NAYARIT Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492 item# 502980 (stock# LLL.0710)
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This 7 ½” tall, red and white painted olla (LLL710), decorated with geometric quadrant design, was found in West Mexico in the mid-20th century by the late Lynn Langdon. Attributed to the Nayarit horizon, c.300BC-200AD, the jar has a 1 1/8” wide hole in its lower half that appears to have been caused by a shovel but doesn’t seriously affect its structural integrity. Even with moderate paint loss on its upper half, and heavy loss on its base, the olla still displays well. The jar comes with a sma ...click for details

MAYAN MINIATURE MONKEY VESSEL FROM JAINA Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492 item# 499056 (stock# RFM.21)
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From the Island of Jaina, and measuring 3 ½” in height, this miniature seated monkey vessel (RFM21) is attributed to the Late Classic Maya dating c.550-950AD. Glued together with 5-10% of professional restoration on the upper part of the ‘basket’ that the monkey supports on its back, the bowl may have been used for an offering. Traces of remnant white pigment mark much of the surface. From the collection of one of the founders of the former Rocky Mountain Institute of Pre-Columbian Studies, the ...click for details

TWELVE MOLDED ADORNOS: HEFLIN GROUP AA Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492 item# 891641 (stock# AXH.CARDAA)
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This group of twelve photos (AXH 1517, 1547, 1557, 1564, 1586, 1598, 1601, 1604, 1605, 1607, 1632 and 1635), with ruler for scale, illustrates individually priced ‘adornos’, or adornments, originally molded to be added to pots, incensarios and figures. The types represented in this group are: feathered eye; starfish; trefoil; shell; serpent’s eye; flower; and of course, some unidentifiable styles. To the ancients, each type of adorno had special significance: power; protection; god worship; beau ...click for details

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