Pre-Columbian Carchi Coqueros Bowl 750-1550 AD Ecuador with negative painting. Coqueros are men who chewed coca leaves to acquire energy for physical exertion. The Carchi or Nariño culture is an archa[...]
Beautiful mineral beads, made of agate, from the Neolithic period of West Africa. Drilling agate required patience, more patience, and above all dexterity. Indeed, composed of silica, its hardness req[...]
Beautiful Colima figurine in pre-Lombardian terracotta, pale orange with black dotted patina spots. The anthropomorphic subject stands, both arms crossed on his chest. Detailed face, hairdo, wearing e[...]
FALASHA Head The face is elongated, the nose is linear and sculpted in relief. The eyes are modeled and represented by terracotta beads, and the mouth is drawn by a horizontal incision with hemmed lip[...]
Bankoni Mali Statuette 13th-15th century Red ochre terracottaThe statuette represents a seated female figure, the legs represented in rounded volumes, the thickness suggesting the idea of kneeling. Th[...]
Very rare small transport wheel, hollowed out on one side and which was certainly used for the preparation of medicinal plants. It is decorated with gadroons which give it a zoomorphic appearance. Gre[...]
Archaeology. Ancient large terracotta cup on heel. 1st-3rd century AD. Dimensions: Diameter: 23.5 cm. H: 7.6 cm. Heel diameter: 7.8 cm. IN GOOD CONDITION, no missing parts or dents, presence of concre[...]
Pre-Columbian ceramic gadrooned vase - Colombia, Ecuador, Narino (Capuli) cultureThe Narino (also called Capuli) culture is a pre-Columbian archaeological culture that extended geographically from sou[...]
Pre-Columbian ceramic footed bowl - Colombia, Ecuador, Narino (Capuli) cultureThe Narino (also known as Capuli) culture is a pre-Columbian archaeological culture that extended geographically from sout[...]
ARCHAEOLOGY, PRE-COLOMBIAN ARTLarge, astonishing and powerful pre-Columbian terracotta mask, eagle or raptor? Fragmentary condition: the gray terracotta is very thick and suggests that it is a shard o[...]
Here is a rare anthropomorphic talismanic amulet in polished green jadeite, probably representing a dignitary. Peak of the Mayan Civilization, Costa Rica 5th-8th century AD Great ancient craftsmanship[...]
Sculpture of an idol representing a woman carrying a child terracotta Chupicuaro civilization 1000-100 BC Mexico Broken at the neck, the head has been glued back on, a crack is still visible Dimension[...]
Anthropomorphic Terracotta StatuetteNicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, Late Intermediate Period (800–1350 AD)Red terracotta with incised decorationHeight: 15.3 cmVery good conditionThis anthropomorphic ter[...]
Head of a dignitary or deityMaya culture, Classic period (250 – 900 AD)TerracottaH. with base 12.7 cmH. without base 9.5 cmThis terracotta head represents a figure with prominent cheekbones, half-clos[...]
Terracotta Statuette, Known as "Cacique"Quimbaya Culture, Rio Cauca, Colombia 500-1500 ADBrown ceramic with blackened areas and tumbagaHeight: 22 cmProvenance: Private collection, ParisThis terracotta[...]
Nice pair of anthropomorphic zoo heads.
These are stylized representations of hybrid beings, very common in the "pre-Columbian" 1 or pre-Hispanic culture of South and Central America.
a). One is i[...]
Cloth Adorned with Bird Motifs
Culture: Nazca, 200 BCE - 600 CE
Materials: Textile fibers (cotton and camelid wool)
Techniques: Weaving, polychrome embroidery
Dimensions: 134 cm x 45 cm
Excellent[...]
Small polished flint axe - Aisne Valley - Neolithic
Small polished axe in beige flint.
Comes from the Aisne Valley.
Height: 16cm without the base and 23 with it.
Width: 6 cm.
Polished flint axe - Aisne Valley - Neolithic
Large polished axe in beige flint.
From Russy-Bémont in Oise, old collection label.
Small accidents at the top of the axe.
Height: 22cm without th[...]
Head of the God Tlaloc
Mixtec Culture, 1250-1520 AD
Speckled green stone.
H. 10 cm
Collection label glued to the inside of the neck.
Provenance:
Collection Pierre (1900-1993) and Claude (192[...]
Mapuche ceremonial scepter (clava or key-badge) depicting a stylized bird-shaped head resembling a parrot
Mapuche, Chile, 1200 - 1700 AD
Stone
H: 18 cm
Provenance:
J.-AC Collection
Private co[...]
Female figure with geometric body painting
Mexico, Michoacan, Chupicuaro culture, Late Classic period circa 200-100 BC
Red and black glazed terracotta
H. 16 cm
Ink inscription on the back: 802 b[...]
Globular vases on terracotta foot from Ban Chiang Curvilinear decoration in ochre on beige slip Thailand. Ban Chiang culture. 1st millennium BC Some small chips (see photos) No restoration has been do[...]
ARCHAEOLOGY / PRIMITIVE ART
Exceptional and important pre-Columbian terracotta lid
MAYA culture, Classical Guatemala (300 to 500 AD) ?
Cylindrical shape, the top of the lid features a relief fi[...]
Priestess standing with her arms raised to the sky as a sign of appeal to the divine forces. She is naked, her body painted for a ceremony, her torso covered with a rich multi-row necklace. She wears [...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 5, L. 7.5, Thickness 3 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American colle[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 11; L 11; Thickness 2 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American collec[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 8.5; L. 11; Thickness 2.5 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American co[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 6.5; L. 9; Thickness 2 cm
(restoration)
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 8; L 10; Thickness 2.5 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American colle[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 7.5; L 12.5; Thickness 2.5 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American c[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 9, L 14, Thickness 3 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American collect[...]
Four fragments of pre-Columbian textiles mounted in a frame. The photos were taken at an angle to avoid reflections in the glass.
Size - outside of frame 41 x 111.5 cm
SOLD WITH A CERTIFICATE [...]
Set of four stone pestles.
Saharan Neolithic
Lengths: 37.5 cm; 40.5 cm; 41 cm; 45 cm
Superb patina of use
Provenance: former Jacques-André Cronier collection, Château de Mézières-lez-Cléry
Sh[...]
Anthropomorphic Ritual WhistleMexicoCulture Veracruz, 450 – 750 AD.The character is represented standing, legs apart, arms detached from the body and hands placed on the thighs in an attitude of defia[...]
Anthropomorphic ritual vase with double belly
Ecuador
Chorrera Culture, 1000 – 500 BC
Ceremonial vase also called whistling vase with double belly. Composed of a figure of a flute player at[...]
Anthropo-zoomorphic ceremonial whistleMexicoCulture Veracruz 450 - 750 A. D.Ceremonial whistle representing a shaman transforming under the effect of a powerful hallucinogen. The character wears the h[...]
Bird Vase with Double Spout and Bridge & Peru Nazca Culture 100 to 700 AD Vase with double spout and bridge in the shape of a drinking vessel which developed sometime before 500 BC. AD by indigenous g[...]
Clay cuchimilcos belonging to the Chancay culture. This culture developed between 1200 and 1470 on the central coast of Peru, and had its center in today's Huaral province, in the Lima region. A conse[...]
Mexico, Vera Cruz - 450-650.
Whistle representing a man wearing a feathered headdress, a large necklace and ear ornaments.
Terracotta.
Dimensions:
Height: 12cm.
Width: 6cm.
Depth: 4cm.
Beautiful terracotta bust of a high-ranking character. Nok culture. Thermoluminescence test with dating from 2100 to 2700 years ago. Piece sold with base. Nigeria, 5th - 1st century BC.
Very nice terracotta head from the Nok Culture. Thermoluminescence test with dating between 2300 and 2900 years old. Sold on a base. Nigeria, 5th - 3rd century BC.
Terracotta statue from the Tumaco / Tolita culture.
Material: terracotta.
Origin: Ecuador.
Date: 400/200 BC.
Dimensions: height 10 cm, width 6 cm
Condition: see photo, s
Archeology
Exceptional carved stone bowl / cup from Neolithic period (Circa 5th to 3rd millennium BC), used as mortar.
The cup bottom has been fully polished by repeated use over thousands of year[...]
An-thropomorphic head representing the face of a dignitary, the skull ritually deformed backwards as a sign of the high status of the person represented. Beige terracotta. Tumaco, Ecuador, 500 BC. - 5[...]
PREHISTORIC BIRDS EXCREMENT THIS PIECE WHICH IS A FOSSIL, IS A PREHISTORIC BIRD EXCREMENT THEY IS ESPECIALLY A COLLECTOR'S PIECE THAT IS GENERALLY FOUND IN THE NORTH SAHARA, THE HIGH ATLAS OF MOROCCO [...]
Black terracotta whistling vase with shiny slip composed of two globular receptacles joined at the base by a tube and by an arched handle in the upper part. The left part represents a seated monkey wi[...]
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