Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Ethnographic Art

Pre-Columbian, from the South Coast Peru, ca. 300-500 AD. A matching pair of solid silver and gold ear ornaments; center medallion depicts two birds i

Pre-Columbian, Peru, ca. 1200-1500 AD. Carved wood anthropomorphic standing figure wearing inca hat; with hands raised in adoration (praying to God).

Peru, Ca. 1450 AD. A handsome molded example of the all important animal of the Andes. A naturalistic depiction with strong snout, flared nostrils, pr

From the ancient Inca culture of South America, Peru, Cusco valley, ca. 1000 - 1425 AD. Matched pair, made by the same artisan... Classic black ware p

Mochica, Huarmey Valley, Peru, ca. 500 - 800 AD. Masterpiece textile fragment depicting a seated monkey in profile looking over shoulder; divided by p

Peru, ca. 500 – 700 AD. Bi-chrome pottery vessel depicting a bound male wears a checkerboard patterned tunic covering his body and has a very detailed

Very rare, published and well provenanced! This is a spectacular terracotta bowl from northern Peru, usually referred to as a "birth vessel"

Peru, Moche IV, ca. 450 - 550 AD. Bichrome pottery vessel with very realistic face, strong details, stone-polished to a glass-like surface and painted

Northern Peru, Moche IV, Ca 500 to 600 AD. Bi-chrome pottery stirrup vessel depicting a seated lord under a large crescent canopy; he sit upon a recta

From northern Peru, Moche Phase V, Ca 700 to 800 AD. Bi-chrome pottery stirrup vessel with fineline decoration of warriors and animals in red/brown ag

Peru, Mochica culture, ca. 200 – 600 A.D. Brown-grey terracotta vase representing a head of a man, a coquero. For similar example see: museolarco 4-1/

Costa Rica to Nicaragua - Pacific Slope, Ca 600 to 1000 AD. Brightly painted polychrome pottery bowl depicting an abstract zoomorphic head, red rays r

Panama, Cocle, ca. 600 to 800 AD. Wonderfully decorated large polychrome pottery covered jar in a very abstract human form, with lid acting as head. 9

Panama, Cocle, Ca 600 to 800 AD. Large bulbous polychrome pottery jar in human form with colored bands around base and human head emerging from top se

From Cocle, Panama, Ca 600 to 800 AD. Polychrome pottery vessel; upper plate in six registers of abstract zoomorphs, base painted in two panels separa

Colombia, ca. 800 - 1500 A.D. Lost wax cast gold finial with three birds standing together on a perch, having long, slightly curved beaks and short fa

Peru, ca. 800 AD - 1200 AD. A matched set of three high karat sheet gold crown ornaments of rectangular form, each decorated with a bird standing betw

Panama, ca. 500 to 1000 AD. Orangeware pottery pouring vessel nicely decorated with alternating panels of burnished ribs and applied black and white a

From the Cocle region of Panama, ca. 1200 to 1400 AD. Small pottery vessel with geometric design. 4"H. Provenance: Ex-private Los Angeles, C...

Inca to Early Colonial Period, ca 1550 AD. Blackware pottery jar showing an Inca lord on each side; small strap handle to one side. 5" x 4-1/2&...