Pre-Columbian - All Antiquities for Sale

To distinguish the major characteristics of pre-Columbian civilizations, three general chronological divisions have been widely used: the “Pre-Classic,” or Formative, period (ca. 1500 b.c. to 300 A.D.); the “Classic,” or Florescent, period (ca. 300 to 900 A.D.); and the “Post-Classic” period (ca. 900 to 1540 A.D.). Outstanding in Pre-Columbian artistic development were architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts such as pottery, metalwork, and textiles. Despite the great range and variety of artwork, certain characteristics were repeated throughout the region, namely a preference for angular, linear patterns, and three-dimensional ceramics.

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Spondylus Shell Necklace From Peru
Chancay Style Ancient Textile Doll
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Jamacoaque Seated Figure
Jaina Figural Lord Whistle
Proto-Mayan Seated Figure
Inca Canopa Semi-Transluscent
Inca Pottery Offerendo
Mayan Javalina Whistle
Ancient Peruvian Silver Head Kero
Recuay Terracotta Jaguar Amulet
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Costa Rican Zoomorphic Bowl
Inca Blackware Aryballos
Fabulous Nazca Bird-Form Vessel
Nazca Wool and Feather Cap
Rare Chupicuaro Dolphin Olla
Proto Nazca Head Pieces
Large Chorrera Spouted Vessel
Rare Bahia/ Manabi, Figural Vessel
Huge Chupicuaro Bi-Chrome Tripod
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Monumental Vera Cruz Incensario – ex Denver Art Museum
Stunning Proto-Nazca Textile Frog
Fine Moche Textile Section
Long Moche Textile Sash
Sihuas Pre-Columbian Textile Loin Cloth
Moche Shaman Vessel - Exceptional
Extremely Rare Vera Cruz Flute
Inca Silver Diadem
Pre-Columbian Textile Bag - North Coast
Proto Nazca Tie-Dye Textile Fragment A
Costa Rica Decorated Vase
Pair of Panamanian Long Necked Amphoras
Colorful Inca Textile Panel Fragment
Unusual Cocle Painted Bowl
Colima Pottery Dance Grouping
Choice Mayan Ulua Valley Pedestal Bowl
Paracas Pottery Bowl w/ Hand Print
Fine Tihuanaco Pottery Kero
Important Carved Mayan Cylinder
Rare Sican Textile Roundel
Michoacan Bowl with Rare Motif
Fine Mayan Green Jade Head
Chimu Pottery Parrot Stirrup Vessel
Chimu / Inca Drum-Shaped Canteen
Massive Classic Mayan Incensario - Effigy Heads
Moche Copper Figure of Warrior
Rare Inca Solid Silver Tumi - Llama Form
Rare Mixtec Carved Human in Jade
Rare Aztec Stone Bowl - Flower Form
Pre-Columbian Nazca Pottery Cup - Choice!
Moche I Seated Figure, Inlaid Detailing
Outstanding Decorated Quimbaya Slab Figure
Moche Bone Fist, Turquoise Inlay
Mayan Peten Polychrome Cylinder
Valdivia Venus Figure - Ecuador
Standing Colima Culture Figural Whistle
Chancay Whistling Vessel - Bird
Mayan Terracotta Mold, Monkey Form
Costa Rican Cast Copper Harpy Eagle
Unusual Narino Bi-Chrome Pottery Bowl
Choice Colima Pottery Flat w/ Metate
Superb Pair Tlatilco Pottery Heads
Costa Rica Jade Axe God
Post-Classic Mayan Plumbate Olla
Costa Rican Jade Bead Necklace
Huari Textile Four Corner Pile Hat
Mayan Polychrome Tripod Plate
La Aguada Incised Bowl - Argentina
Chancay Moon Goddess Cochemilco
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Inca Painted Pottery Offerendo
Peruvian Viru Erotic Vessel
Nazca / Huari Tumpline Tassels
Moche Handless Man Vessel
Chimu Silver Head Kero
Inca Copper Tumi - 2 Birds Catching Fish
Vicus Double-Chambered Bat Whistle
Nazca Pottery Trumpet
Chavin/Salinar Double-Chambered Stirrup
Chancay Shaman Carrying Pet Deer
Chavin Cupisnique Stirrup Vessel
Pre-Columbian Mini Colima Flat
Moche Canteen with Warrior
Mezcala Jadeite Earspools / Flares
Maya Deity Rattle
Moche Copper Nose Ornaments
Mezcala Stone Axe God
Peruvian Bronze Tumi, Reptilian Blade
Valdivian Terracotta Venus Figure
Inca Pottery Offerendo w/ People
Aztec Tripod Incensario
Colima Bedded Female Figure
Chavin Shaman Stirrup Vessel
Pre-Columbian Colima Rattle
Pre-Columbian Chimu Deer Effigy
Guerrero Stone Figure / Axe God
Mixtec Cocoa Bean Enema Vessel
Pachacamac Textile Fragment
Mayan Spiral Shell Necklace
Nayarit Pottery Cylinder
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Belen / Argentina Earthenware Urn
Belen / Argentinian Earthenware Bowl
Huari Double Spout-and-Bridge Jar
Chimu Copper Tumi
Moche Bronze Tumi Blade - Jaguar
Huari Portrait Head Vessel
Costa Rican Bird-Form Mace Head
Tiwanaku Textile Belt Fragment
Mochica Copper Offering Bowl
Pre-Columbian Chancay Fisherman Urn
Peruvian Chimu Silver Diadems - Pr.
Chancay Coca Bag / Chuspa
Pre-Columbian Aztec Coyote Head
Moche I Erotic Stirrup Jar
Nazca Polychrome Bowl - Hummingbirds
Moche IV Corn Popper Vessel
Olmec Blackware Bowl - Las Bocas
Pre-Columbian Inca Tumi - 2 Deers Mating
Olmec Jade Disk w/ Jaguar - Las Bocas
Moche Bronze Sacrificial Rattle Tumi
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Moche III/IV Stirrup Vessel - Seated Ai Apec
Chavin Stone Shaman Transformation - Frog, Snake
Moche IV Fineline Fox Warrior
Moche IV Portrait Vessel
Chavin Gold Pectoral Disc
Huari Gold Armband - Skeleton Masks
Sican Copper Royal Tumi - Naylamp
Moche V Fineline, El Morro de Peten
Chancay Textile Cloth Doll
Narino Pottery Bowl w/ Warrior
Quimbaya Standing Male Figure
Quimbaya Slab Seated Male
Chimu Bone Balance Beam, Orig. Mesh
Framed Chancay Painted Textile
Calima Gold Mask
Proto Nazca Feather Necklace
Moche IV Stirrup Vessel - Lord w/ Coca Bag
Viru Jaguar Stirrup Vessel
Moche Portrait Vessel, Young Lord
Calima Bridge-Spout Whistling Vessel
Peruvian Belt Fragment - Zoomorphs
Sican / Lambayeque Stirrup - Naylamp
Olmec Standing Jade Figure
Primitive Stone Axe - Surinam(e)
Chavin Stirrup - Hallucinogenic Vines
Chancay Textile Fragment - Zoomorphs
Peruvian Textile Fragment - Vibrant
Chimu Balance Beam, Human-Like Creatures
Moche IV Catching Fish
Jalisco Ameca Style Seated Female Figure
Chupicuaro Tripod Bowl
Moche III Stirrup Vessel, Standing Warrior
Narino Bullet Amphora - Miniature Form!
Pre-Columbian Colima Seated Flat Figure
Pre-Columbian Inca Alpaca Head Effigy
Chavin / Cupisnique Incised Bottle
Chancay Whistling Vessel - Clown / Acrobat
Mochica Stirrup Bottle - AiApec, Jaguar, Crab
Chimu Bronze Lime Dipper, Bird Finial
Moche III / IV Warrior Single Spouted Jar
Quimbaya Standing Female Figure
Chupicuaro Polychrome Female Figure
Offrenda Painted Plate - Chucu, Peru
Offrenda Painted Plate - Chuquibamba
Mochica Fineline Ceremonial Bowl
Cupisnique / Chavin Spondylus Shell Bottle
Cupisnique / Chavin Single Spout Vessel
Nazca Polychrome Olla - Harvest Dance
Tlatilco Foot Effigy Vessel
Michoacan Sitting Lady Figure
Pre-Columbian Inca Stone Canopa
Moche Stirrup Effigy, Muscovy Duck
Sican Silver Kero - Rows of Stars
Colima Flat Figure
Mochica / Moche Llama Effigy Vessel
Mayan Polychrome Cylinder from Copan
Peruvian Offrenda - Radiating Sun
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Three Peruvian Offrendas - Custom Desk Mount
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Michoacan Venus Figure
Colima Maternity Idol
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Peruvian Nazca Cylinder Vase
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Peruvian Stone Canopa / Votive
Vera Cruz Seated Female Figure
Costa Rican Tripod Vessel, Rattle Legs
Mezcala Stone Idol Pendant
Chimu Pre-Columbian Silver Kero
Nazca Polychrome Bowl - Band of Owls
Pre-Columbian Gold Turtle - Chiriqui-Diquis
Colima Tri-Lobed Redware Vessel
Chorrera Long-Neck Redware Vessel
Mezcala Stone Disc with Figure Attached
Mezcala Jade Pendant - Two Heads
Teotihuacan Eccentric Flint Human Figure
Set of 4 Mochica Silver Lime Spoons
Shaman Spirit Flute, Colombia-Tairona
Rare Inca Polychrome Kero
Chupicuaro Tri-lobe Jar, Ex Peter Wray
Inca Blackware Bottle - Rare Form
Proto-Nazca Bridge-Spouted Vessel
Mayan Stone Dagger from Belize
Jalisco Redware Bowl
Moche Bronze Tupu - Kissing Birds
Carnelian, Crystal and Green Stone Necklace
Chavin Fish Stirrup, Anthropomorphic Face
Jalisco Blackware House Miniatures
Peruvian Spondylus Shell Necklace
Solid Silver Necklace, Chimu Fish Stones
Choker Necklace, Original Pre-Columbian Art
Inca Copper Tumi - Man, Monkey
Olmec Blackware Swan Bowl - Exceptional!
Peruvian Crystal & Black Agate Necklace
Moche Culture Spondylus Shell Necklace
Moche Spondylus Shell Bead Necklace
Small Pre-Columbian Coca Bag
Ancient Peruvian Textile Sash - Long!
Peruvian Coca Bag / Chuspa
Chancay Textile Bag from Peru
Bridge-Spouted Vessel, Casma Valley
Moche Fineline Bottle - Warrior
Mezcala Ax God Figure
Paracas Face Vessel
Moche Pottery Stirrup Vessel - Sea Creatures
Whistling Colima Dancers, ex-Butterfield's
Proto Nazca Textile Sash / Belt
Huari / Wari Canteen - Woman, Snakes
Xiochopola Incised Stone Bowl
Mezcala Guerrero Slab Figure
Mezcala Guerrero Stone Figure

Pre-Columbian civilizations living across Peru, Mexico and Central America flourished prior to the arrival of Europeans, including Christopher Columbus, in the New World. Gods, humans and nature were woven into an intricate tapestry of beliefs and expressions by the societies of Peru and Mesoamerica (Pre-Columbian Mexico and Central America). Religion played a central organizing role in structuring people's lives. Great civilizations developed, such as the Maya in Mesoamerica and the Moche in Peru, where divine kings believed to be descended from gods ruled over vast cities and constructed monuments rivaling those of ancient Greece or Egypt. Pre-Columbian societies were connected through cosmologies in which creation and existence were explained through complex mythologies. Those mythologies told of the creation of humans and nature, and through their ideologies provided ways for humans to properly worship and sustain the universe.