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	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	How to Buy Ancient Art	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	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	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	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	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	Three Peruvian Offrendas - Custom Desk Mount	Michoacan Venus Figure	Colima Maternity Idol	Peruvian Nazca Cylinder Vase
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.