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
How to Buy Ancient Art
Costa Rican Zoomorphic Bowl
Inca Blackware Aryballos
Fabulous Nazca Bird-Form Vessel
Nazca Wool and Feather Cap
Large Chorrera Spouted Vessel
Rare Bahia/ Manabi, Figural Vessel
Huge Chupicuaro Bi-Chrome Tripod
Stunning Proto-Nazca Textile Frog
Long Moche Textile Sash
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
Unusual Cocle Painted Bowl
Colima Pottery Dance Grouping
Choice Mayan Ulua Valley Pedestal Bowl
Paracas Pottery Bowl w/ Hand Print
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
Moche Copper Figure of Warrior
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
Valdivia Venus Figure - Ecuador
Standing Colima Culture Figural Whistle
Chancay Whistling Vessel - Bird
Costa Rican Cast Copper Harpy Eagle
Choice Colima Pottery Flat w/ Metate
Superb Pair Tlatilco Pottery Heads
Post-Classic Mayan Plumbate Olla
Nazca Trophy Head Polychrome Cup
Rare Chimu Sewing Basket - Original Textile Cover
Rare Cocle Pottery Whistle - Bird Form
Mayan Chert Stone Dagger
Nazca Polychrome Cup with Trophy Head
Incredible Chimu Copper and Wood Tumi
Incredibly Rare Nazca Child's Sandals
Pre-Columbian Colima Miniature Pottery Dog
Inca Wooden Snuff Tray and Inhaler
Inca Wooden Kero - Shell Inlays
Miniature Nazca Polychrome Bowls (pair)
Mayan Incised Cylinder
Pre-Columbian Chimu Incised Tumi
Chupicuaro Polychrome Tripod Vessel
Mayan Polychrome Peten Bowl
Costa Rican Jade Bead Necklace
Huari Textile Four Corner Pile Hat
Mayan Polychrome Tripod Plate
La Aguada Incised Bowl - Argentina
Peruvian Viru Erotic Vessel
Nazca / Huari Tumpline Tassels
Moche Handless Man Vessel
Chimu Silver Head Kero
Vicus Double-Chambered Bat Whistle
Chavin/Salinar Double-Chambered Stirrup
Pre-Columbian Mini Colima Flat
Moche Canteen with Warrior
Mezcala Jadeite Earspools / Flares
Maya Deity Rattle
Mezcala Stone Axe God
Valdivian Terracotta Venus Figure
Inca Pottery Offerendo w/ People
Colima Bedded Female Figure
Chavin Shaman Stirrup Vessel
Pre-Columbian Colima Rattle
Pre-Columbian Chimu Deer Effigy
Guerrero Stone Figure / Axe God
Pachacamac Textile Fragment
Nayarit Pottery Cylinder
Huari Portrait Head Vessel
Tiwanaku Textile Belt Fragment
Pre-Columbian Chancay Fisherman Urn
Peruvian Chimu Silver Diadems - Pr.
Chancay Coca Bag / Chuspa
Nazca Polychrome Bowl - Hummingbirds
Chavin Stone Shaman Transformation - Frog, Snake
Moche IV Fineline Fox Warrior
Moche IV Portrait Vessel
Chavin Gold Pectoral Disc
Huari Gold Armband - Skeleton Masks
Moche V Fineline, El Morro de Peten
Chancay Textile Cloth Doll
Narino Pottery Bowl w/ Warrior
Quimbaya Standing Male Figure
Chimu Bone Balance Beam, Orig. Mesh
Framed Chancay Painted Textile
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
Jalisco Ameca Style Seated Female Figure
Chupicuaro Tripod Bowl
Narino Bullet Amphora - Miniature Form!
Pre-Columbian Colima Seated Flat Figure
Chimu Bronze Lime Dipper, Bird Finial
Moche III / IV Warrior Single Spouted Jar
Quimbaya Standing Female Figure
Chupicuaro Polychrome Female Figure
Offrenda Painted Plate - Chuquibamba
Cupisnique / Chavin Single Spout Vessel
Nazca Polychrome Olla - Harvest Dance
Moche Stirrup Effigy, Muscovy Duck
Sican Silver Kero - Rows of Stars
Colima Flat Figure
Mayan Polychrome Cylinder from Copan
Peruvian Offrenda - Radiating Sun
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Michoacan Venus Figure
Colima Maternity Idol
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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 Jade Pendant - Two Heads
Teotihuacan Eccentric Flint Human Figure
Set of 4 Mochica Silver Lime Spoons
Shaman Spirit Flute, Colombia-Tairona
Chupicuaro Tri-lobe Jar, Ex Peter Wray
Inca Blackware Bottle - Rare Form
Proto-Nazca Bridge-Spouted Vessel
Mayan Stone Dagger from Belize
Chimu Inca Shell Necklace With Silver Tweezers
Chimu Inca Shell Necklace w/ Silver Tweezers
Chimu Inca Shell Necklace - Animal Pendant
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
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
Huari / Wari Canteen - Woman, Snakes
Xiochopola Incised Stone Bowl
Mezcala Guerrero Slab 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.