Pre-Columbian - Ancient Pottery for Sale
Possibly first developed in Colombia or Ecuador, pottery succeeded baskets and gourds as containers in ancient times. Throughout the entire Pre-Columbian world, pottery became the most common surviving artifact. Both hand-modeled and molded pots and clay objects were made. Decoration involved incising designs, carving or molding reliefs, and employing various techniques of painting and polishing. Although polychromed ceramics were produced, most pottery was painted with one or two colors or left unpainted.
|
|
Inca Pottery Offerendo w/ People
|
Created in the period between 1300 - 1500 A.D., during the height of the ancient Inca Empire. The most conclusive dating of these objects came from a cache found in...
$2,195.00
|
|
|
|
|
Proto-Nazca Bridge-Spouted Vessel
|
Rare type! Ancient Nazca (Proto-Nazca) polychrome vessel from Peru, ca. 100 BC – 100 A.D., clearly copying an earlier Paracas form. Chamber decorated with knotted...
$1,495.00 $995.00
|
|
|
|
|
Moche Portrait Vessel
|
A masterpiece! Ancient Pre-Columbian Moche Portrait Vessel, ca. 200 to 600 AD. Polychrome pottery features a noble lord, hollow nose (maybe once had a gold nose ornament).
$18,995.00
|
|
|
|
|
Fine Moche Fox Warrior Stirrup Vessel
|
Wonderful example of Moche artistic skill! From ancient Peru, Moche III/IV, ca. 400 to 600 AD. Bi-Chrome pottery stirrup vessel with 3-dimensional fox-headed warrior, holding chin...
$3,495.00
|
|
|
|
|
Inca Whistling Bridge Spouted Vessel
|
Delightful and classic Inca, from ancient Peru, ca. 1400 to 1500 AD. Classic whistling pottery vessel with twin lobes, bridge connecting each; Inca lord seated inside litter.
$995.00 SOLD
|
|
|
|
|
Moche Warrior Portrait Stirrup Vessel
|
Very fine Pre-Columbian Moche portrait vessel, getting hard to find at any price, but especially under $10,000! From ancient Peru, Moche III/IV, ca. 400 to 600 AD. Pottery depiction of...
$4,000.00
|
|
|
|
|
Pre-Columbian Articulated Pottery Doll
|
Rare to find! Articulated pottery doll from the Vera Cruz region of Mexico, ca. 500 to 1000 AD. Solid body and head with freely-swinging attached arms and legs...
$995.00
|
|
|
|
|
Mayan Javalina Whistle
|
Ancient Mayan Whistle, ca. 600-900 A.D. Molded terracotta pottery vessel depicts a standing javalina (or man wearing ceremonial dress). Remains of original white slip.
$645.00
|
|
|
|
|
Whistling Colima Dancers, ex-Butterfield's
|
Matched pair! Ancient Pre-Columbian Dance Figures, from West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 200 B.C. - 300 A.D. Terracotta pottery figures (clearly male) with hands
$2,795.00
|
|
|
|
|
Moche Fineline Bottle - Warrior
|
Ancient Pre-Columbian Bottle from the north coast of Peru, Mochica / Moche culture, ca. 400 - 500 A.D. Polychrome pottery vessel depicting a war club with warrior assembly...
$2,450.00
|
|
|
Pre-Columbian potters created many plain, functional pottery for common use, but they also formed elaborate and intricate art for religious use that required great skill to produce. They buried pottery with their dead to accompany them into the afterlife, thereby demonstrating the predominance of pottery in their culture and their skill at creating it to modern archeologists. In Pre-Columbian times, kilns were not used; pieces of pottery were fired in an open fire or a pit in the ground. Potters did not use any type of glaze, but they did burnish the surface of their pots with stones. Pots were decorated with gods, animals, plants, everyday scenes and geometric designs.
