Fragment of a Cylindrical Vase
Maya Culture, Copán, Late Classic Period, Honduras, 800–900 AD
Beige terracotta with a glossy orange slip.
Height: 22 cm
With base: 30 cm
Provenance: Former p[...]
Cloth Adorned with Bird Motifs
Culture: Nazca, 200 BCE - 600 CE
Materials: Textile fibers (cotton and camelid wool)
Techniques: Weaving, polychrome embroidery
Dimensions: 134 cm x 45 cm
Excellent[...]
Small polished flint axe - Aisne Valley - Neolithic
Small polished axe in beige flint.
Comes from the Aisne Valley.
Height: 16cm without the base and 23 with it.
Width: 6 cm.
Polished flint axe - Aisne Valley - Neolithic
Large polished axe in beige flint.
From Russy-Bémont in Oise, old collection label.
Small accidents at the top of the axe.
Height: 22cm without th[...]
Pretty head in granular terracotta of gray color, typical of the Tumaco culture (border between Ecuador and Colombia / precolombian art).
Original yellow pigments adorn this mask. Flat in shape, perf[...]
Head of the God Tlaloc
Mixtec Culture, 1250-1520 AD
Speckled green stone.
H. 10 cm
Collection label glued to the inside of the neck.
Provenance:
Collection Pierre (1900-1993) and Claude (192[...]
Mapuche ceremonial scepter (clava or key-badge) depicting a stylized bird-shaped head resembling a parrot
Mapuche, Chile, 1200 - 1700 AD
Stone
H: 18 cm
Provenance:
J.-AC Collection
Private co[...]
Female figure with geometric body painting
Mexico, Michoacan, Chupicuaro culture, Late Classic period circa 200-100 BC
Red and black glazed terracotta
H. 16 cm
Ink inscription on the back: 802 b[...]
Rare ornament in the shape of a stick (head on one side and tip on the other) made of translucent rock crystal (quartz), called a "labret".
By customs of ornamental mutilation of the face of certain [...]
Globular vases on terracotta foot from Ban Chiang Curvilinear decoration in ochre on beige slip Thailand. Ban Chiang culture. 1st millennium BC Some small chips (see photos) No restoration has been do[...]
Indus Valley terracotta cup. Neolithic period. 2300 - 2000 BC Ochre terracotta POTTERY decorated in black with two buffaloes and ears of wheat 20 x 5.5 cm
Smiling Head
Veracruz Culture, 6th–9th Century A.D.
Material: Terracotta
Height (without base): 19 cm
Height (with base): 25 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Provenance:
Parisian art market
C[...]
ARCHAEOLOGY / PRIMITIVE ART
Exceptional and important pre-Columbian terracotta lid
MAYA culture, Classical Guatemala (300 to 500 AD) ?
Cylindrical shape, the top of the lid features a relief fi[...]
PRE-COLUMBIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
CHANCAY culture, Peru, circa 1200 to 1470 AD
Pendant of 2 small terracotta cups with light slip and dark brown geometric patterns, including scrolls
The very simple and [...]
Priestess standing with her arms raised to the sky as a sign of appeal to the divine forces. She is naked, her body painted for a ceremony, her torso covered with a rich multi-row necklace. She wears [...]
Beautiful head presenting the portrait of a young lord with an intense and hieratic expression. He wears a headband on his forehead and tambas on his ears (edge of the ornament visible despite the old[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 5, L. 7.5, Thickness 3 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American colle[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 11; L 11; Thickness 2 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American collec[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 8.5; L. 11; Thickness 2.5 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American co[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 6.5; L. 9; Thickness 2 cm
(restoration)
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 8; L 10; Thickness 2.5 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American colle[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 7.5; L 12.5; Thickness 2.5 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American c[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 9, L 14, Thickness 3 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American collect[...]
Four fragments of pre-Columbian textiles mounted in a frame. The photos were taken at an angle to avoid reflections in the glass.
Size - outside of frame 41 x 111.5 cm
SOLD WITH A CERTIFICATE [...]
Spatula Adorned with a Human Head
Moche Culture, Peru 100-800 AD
Bone
Height: 12 cm
Provenance: Private collection, New York, acquired in the 1990s
Spatulas like this one were used i[...]
Set of four stone pestles.
Saharan Neolithic
Lengths: 37.5 cm; 40.5 cm; 41 cm; 45 cm
Superb patina of use
Provenance: former Jacques-André Cronier collection, Château de Mézières-lez-Cléry
Sh[...]
Very rare small transport wheel. It is hollowed out on both sides and was certainly used for the preparation of medicinal plants. It is decorated with gadroons which give it a zoomorphic appearance.
[...]
Mother Goddess Figurine
Early Indus Valley Civilization (circa 3500 - 2800 BCE)
Handmade pottery, 140 mm x 45 mm, 60 g
Provenance:
Prince Collection, 1990s-2014;
Pierre Bergé Collection
Priv[...]
Lot de pointes de fleches et lames en silex biface Paléo américains.
20 silex encadré sous verre.
Proviens d'une fouille en 1961 a la grotte de fort rock Oregon USA.
Les Paléo américains furen[...]
Ritual whistle with the figure of a threatening warrior
Mexico
Culture Veracruz, 450 – 750 AD.
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
The character is represented standing, legs apart,[...]
Anthropomorphic ritual vase with double belly
Ecuador
Chorrera Culture, 1000 – 500 BC
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
Ceremonial vase also called whistling vase with double bell[...]
Anthropo-zoomorphic ceremonial whistle
Mexico
Culture Veracruz 450 - 750 A. D.
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
Ceremonial whistle representing a shaman transforming under the [...]
A stirrup vase with a long neck, it presents a shaman carrying a bag containing plants. Brown terracotta. Beautiful state of conservation. Dimensions: 19.5 x 11.5 x 14.5 cm Sold with certificate[...]
Statuette of a woman carrying a jar on her back with a strap holding her forehead. Beautiful representation of a woman in the effort of daily work.
Hollow terracotta with red slip partially removed.
[...]
Pendant representing a standing character. The general shape is derived from the functional axe. It is pierced at the ears which makes the holes for hanging it relatively discreet.
Mezcala culture (1[...]
Very pretty libations vase intended for the mother earth goddess "Pacha mama". It presents a lama head with stylized and naturalistic features, ears erect and eyes wide open symbolically. It is covere[...]
Bird Vase with Double Spout and Bridge & Peru Nazca Culture 100 to 700 AD Vase with double spout and bridge in the shape of a drinking vessel which developed sometime before 500 BC. AD by indigenous g[...]
Clay cuchimilcos belonging to the Chancay culture. This culture developed between 1200 and 1470 on the central coast of Peru, and had its center in today's Huaral province, in the Lima region. A conse[...]
Necklace in colored glass paste, yellow, black, white and red, Palaung ethnic group, northern Shan province, Burma, 20th century.
length 100cm.
collected by me in 1998.
Tripod vase enriched with a polychrome decoration presenting traditional compartmentalized motifs in boxes. The interior is decorated with floral motifs in relief. Polychrome terracotta, wear of the d[...]
Mexico, Vera Cruz - 450-650.
Whistle representing a man wearing a feathered headdress, a large necklace and ear ornaments.
Terracotta.
Dimensions:
Height: 12cm.
Width: 6cm.
Depth: 4cm.
Beautiful terracotta bust of a high-ranking character. Nok culture. Thermoluminescence test with dating from 2100 to 2700 years ago. Piece sold with base. Nigeria, 5th - 1st century BC.
Very nice terracotta head from the Nok Culture. Thermoluminescence test with dating between 2300 and 2900 years old. Sold on a base. Nigeria, 5th - 3rd century BC.
Globular bottle with a handle and a high neck. Brown and beige earth. Marks of time. Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.2 cm Greater Greece IV - III century BC Provenance: Former French collection acquired at a sal[...]
Pre-Columbian Stone Head Very beautiful piece representing a face. Stone sculpture work Wooden base 14 cm base included 7.5 cm off base Free shipping in metropolitan France
Terracotta statue from the Tumaco / Tolita culture.
Material: terracotta.
Origin: Ecuador.
Date: 400/200 BC.
Dimensions: height 10 cm, width 6 cm
Condition: see photo, s
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