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[...]
Small terracotta Guimbala statue, representing a rider on his mount.
The animal's head and legs are missing. Breaks and re-gluing.
Mali, 9th - 11th century.
Provenance: SVV Binoche and Giquello, lo[...]
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.
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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[...]
Our terracotta head has the classic features of Djenné art, with a chin that juts forward and prominent eyes.
Two large scarifications cross the face.
Djenne culture from Mali.
Supposed date: 13th-[...]
Front part of a censer or large ceremonial vase, it presents a young warrior wearing a helmet held by a chin strap, he holds a shield and wears ear ornaments and a circular pendant. Beige terracotta w[...]
In the paradise islands, we invented the equivalence of our credit cards, several centuries ago... If an essential purchase could not be paid for or honored with a job, in Oceania, we left the seller [...]
Powerful terracotta bust with arms intertwined on the torso. Hands rest on shoulders. The facial features are soberly modeled.
Djenne culture, Mali. 13th/15th century.
Good condition, a small chip o[...]
Vase with pre-Columbian stirrup handle – Chauvin culture, Peru
Stirrup vase ending in a large and powerful neck with flat lips.
The body is decorated with a wave decoration.
Provenance: Former Bend[...]
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[...]
Fragment of a gray schist stele, carved on two sides of a Buddha seated in padmasana on a base under a lotus frieze, hands in dhyana mudra (gesture of prayer). REGION: Pakistan MATERIAL: shale PERIOD:[...]
Beautiful funerary terracotta from the BURA region (Niger). It is a cylindrical anthropomorphic sculpture decorated with geometric designs. It represents a human character with a schematized phallic b[...]
Superb full terracotta bust with reddish slip measuring 21cm high wide 16.5cm 8cm deep plus quality base Djenné terracottas date back to the 12th century. They very rarely reached us intact. The sculp[...]
NECKLACE
Krobo culture, Ghana
Glass paste
Length when worn: 41 cm
(later reassembly and accident)
Necklace made of twenty-four round beads in yellow glass paste with blue and brown veins.
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NECKLACE
Bactrian civilization, Afghanistan
Alabaster
Length when worn: 27 cm; Total length: 55 cm
(later reassembly)
Necklace made of thirty-six alabaster half-spheres forming eighteen roun[...]
NECKLACE
Djenné culture, Mali
13th century
Terracotta
Length when worn: 60 cm
(later reassembly)
Necklace made of forty-four round and spherical beads in blackened terracotta. Some are de[...]
Ritual whistle with the figure of a threatening warrior
Mexico
Culture Veracruz, 450 – 750 AD.
The character is represented standing, legs apart, arms detached from the body and hands placed [...]
Representation of a shaman with offerings
Ecuador
Culture Jama-Coaque 500 BC – 500 AD.
The subject is represented seated, legs short but powerful, arms folded, pressed against the body, hands[...]
Anthropomorphic ritual vase with double belly
Ecuador
Chorrera Culture, 1000 – 500 BC
Ceremonial vase also called whistling vase with double belly. Composed of a figure of a flute player at t[...]
Anthropo-zoomorphic ceremonial whistle
Mexico
Culture Veracruz 450 - 750 A. D.
Ceremonial whistle representing a shaman transforming under the effect of a powerful hallucinogen. The character[...]
Rare jade bead from the Olmec period, 800 BC its half-spherical shape certainly made it possible to collect blood during self-sacrifice ceremonies. Very rare object due to its function and difficult t[...]
Pretty Sao necklace, made up of 49 terracotta elements dating from the 13th/16th centuries,
in round, starry, flat, and chiseled shapes (from 1 to 5 cm in diameter).
The necklace has been wound on a[...]
LOT of six Eskimo tools
Thule culture, Alaska
Marine ivory
Set of six Eskimo tools including a harpoon point, an adze, two fishing charms, a fossilised sperm whale tooth, a fishing element and a[...]
Chimu mummy shroud – Peru
Former Gérald Bergenot collection.
REGION: Peru
MATERIAL: Fabric
PERIOD: 9-13th century
DIMENSION: 115cm x 77cm
inventory number: AMS024
Beautiful singing vase, used as a musical instrument during shamanic ceremonies. It is modeled and painted of a dignitary wearing a crown, reclining in transformation from man to jaguar. Black tears u[...]
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[...]
Stirrup vase with a spherical body, presenting two stylized lizards, with great modernist graphics. They are painted red on the spherical body with a beige background. Terracotta with smooth polychrom[...]
Stone figure – South America
REGION: South America
MATERIAL: Stone P
ERIOD: Pre-Columbian period
DIMENSION: 14 x 10 x 7.5 cm (Base)
Inventory number: AMS006
Dancer – Khmer Bas-relief carved with a dancer, her chest is bare and dressed in a loincloth or skirt. This woman is wearing the traditional Khmer bun. The discerning eye will recognize the dance perf[...]
Statuette anthropomorphe précolombienne en terre cuite polychrome, représentant un joueur de pelote debout, tenant la balle prête à être lancée dans la main droite, origine Jalisco - Mexique, époqu[...]
Weapon mace sculpted with an insect. Speckled stone, carved, polished and pierced. Provenance: Former Alvaro Guillot-Munoz collection, years 1935-1950 Bibliography: “Jade in Ancient Costa Rica”, Editi[...]
Weapon mace sculpted with an owl's head with beautiful stylized shapes. The beak projects for optimized impact during fights. The owl is the totem animal of shamans and warriors because it possesses t[...]
Mask hammered in a thin plate of copper metal to which time has given a deep green patina. Chimu funeral masks come in many variations of size and refinement which gives each piece a uniqueness that i[...]
Mask hammered in a thin plate of copper metal to which time has given a deep green patina. Chimu funeral masks come in many variations of size and refinement which gives each piece a uniqueness that i[...]
Archaeological element in volcanic stone from the Teotihuacan site. Unknown use. REGION: Mexico MATERIAL: Volcanic stone PERIOD: Pre-Columbian DIMENSION: 13.5 x 11.5 x 8 cm (Base)
Condor Huasi Mask – Alamito Culture, Argentina Rare mask with characteristic features of the genre, remarkable for its hemmed mouth which seems to blow and indicate that life comes out of the stone. T[...]
Ceremonial metate – Costa Rica Basalt table, beige gray volcanic stone. It is rectangular and rests on three legs, a frieze decorates the underside of the top, undoubtedly a funerary object. It is ext[...]
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.
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The eccentrics are one of the most original forms of Mayan art. These are objects made of hard rock, flint or obsidian. Unlike many other objects carved from the same rocks, they appear to have no pra[...]
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[...]
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