Head of a Female Statuette
Maya Culture, Jaina Island, Campeche, Classic Period, 650–950 A.D.
Red Terracotta
H. 4.5 cm
Traces of fire
label sticked on the base: Collection Vérité
Provenance:[...]
Stirrup-Spout Vessel, Known as a "Chicha" Vessel, Depicting a Warrior or Priest
Peru, Moche IV-V, 100–700 CE
Painted Terracotta
Height: 19 cm
Minor loss on the rim of the spout, otherwise in exc[...]
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[...]
Statuette called muneca
Pre-Columbian Peru, Moche III period, 300-400 AD
Terracotta, metal oxides and slip
H. 12 cm
Inscription under the base R-4384
Provenance: Private collection, Versailles
[...]
Vase with black slip, decorated with a beige frieze and engraved with glyph-shaped motifs and two vertical cartouches engraved with the same motifs. Traces of red pigment (cinnabar) on certain glyphs.[...]
PREHISTORY
Early MOUSTERIAN period OF ACHEULEAN TRADITION, circa 300,000 years old,MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC
Exceptional, large, and thick beige carved flint biface
Traces of cortex (surface piece)
D[...]
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[...]
Mexico Clay Mask Pre-Colonial Period, Partiot Collection With its devilish features (hooked nose, fangs, snake tongue, grimace) this clay or terracotta mask comes from the collection of Gaétan Partiot[...]
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,[...]
Representation of a shaman with offerings
Ecuador
Culture Jama-Coaque 500 BC – 500 AD.
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
The subject is represented seated, legs short but powerful[...]
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[...]
Cassava or scaling grater for fish with a fish shape (Ichtyomorphe).
Terracotta with stone chips. Restoration at the tail (see photo).
Dim: 21.5 x 7.5 cm
Tolita Island, Ecuador, Tumaco Culture 1 (0[...]
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[...]
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
Archeologia
Very nice pre-Columbian terracotta head, very expressive mask.
Custom-made wooden presentation base. The piece is very fine and very light, and in perfect condition despite everything,[...]
Archeology
Exceptional carved stone bowl / cup from Neolithic period (Circa 5th to 3rd millennium BC), used as mortar.
The cup bottom has been fully polished by repeated use over thousands of year[...]
An-thropomorphic head representing the face of a dignitary, the skull ritually deformed backwards as a sign of the high status of the person represented. Beige terracotta. Tumaco, Ecuador, 500 BC. - 5[...]
PREHISTORIC BIRDS EXCREMENT THIS PIECE WHICH IS A FOSSIL, IS A PREHISTORIC BIRD EXCREMENT THEY IS ESPECIALLY A COLLECTOR'S PIECE THAT IS GENERALLY FOUND IN THE NORTH SAHARA, THE HIGH ATLAS OF MOROCCO [...]
Mace of Arms representing an owl head. It was a cult object reserved for Warriors.
Carved and polished stone.
Guanacaste Nicoya, Costa Rica - 100/500 Ap. Pc
l: 8.7 cm ; h : 6 cm
Curious and rare clear terracotta (no enameling) perisan islamic cup, engraved with stylized entries and geometric patterns/arabesques on its 2 sides (front and back), thick / heavy,
Circa 1000 - 1[...]
Colombian terracotta
statue probably a Venus or divinity of the so-called Valdivia culture,
pre-Columbian culture of the present Ecuador
that can be traced back to the 4th millennium BC.
Statu[...]
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