Ancient Art and Antiquities Catalogue


Pre-Columbian Art & Antiquities (7 Items)

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Item Code: x2328
Description: Pre-Colombian, cotton textile fragment, Paracas culture
Ex Ana Catajena collection.
Origin: Circa 16th - 17th century A.D. South Peru
Dimensions: Length 75 cm / Width 30 cm
Price: AUD $650.00 USD $455.00 EUR €344.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: x1787
Description: A superb Vera Cruz volcanic stone hacha.
Faint traces of reddish pigment in the recess of the mouth.
Intact, with excellent wear and patina.
Ex Sotheby's, Melbourne, Collection of Dr Paul Otto Taubert, May 1 2007, lot 54.
For similar, cf Arte Primitivo, New York, September 2005, n 75.
Stone carvings of this type are symbolic of equipment (axes) used in the ritual ball game. They were possibly placed around the game court.
Origin: Late Classic period, circa 600-900 A.D. Vera Cruz region, Mexico
Dimensions: Height: 21.0 cm / Diameter: 16.5 cm / Depth: 15.0 cm
Price: AUD $3,800.00 USD $2,660.00 EUR €2,014.00
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Item Code: 06867
Description: A Mayan pottery bowl, the exterior decorated with a band of incised glyph-like decoration.
Intact.
Origin: Circa 600 A.D. Central America
Dimensions: Diameter: 18.7 cm / Height: 6.8 cm
Price: AUD $900.00 USD $630.00 EUR €477.00
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Item Code: t4362
Description: A fine greenstone metate.
Tripod, rectangular form.
Minor ancient loss evident at one corner.
Origin: Circa 650-1000 A.D. West Coast Mexico
Dimensions: 31 x 20 cm
Price: AUD $650.00 USD $455.00 EUR €344.50
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Item Code: 0059
Description: A monochrome pottery janiform votive vessel.
Ex Dr. Giuliana Zanetti collection, Bologna, Italy.
Some restoration work.
Origin: Circa 7th-8th century A.D. Nicoyan Peninsula, Costa Rica.
Dimensions: Maximum height: 22 cm.
Price: AUD $2,000.00 USD $1,400.00 EUR €1,060.00
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Item Code: 03466
Description: A Mayan polychrome pottery wedding bowl in the Ulua Valley style.
Orange and red painted decoration: the exterior featuring four pairs of figures (possibly shamans) and geometric designs; the interior with diagonally oriented geometric motifs.
Reference: Kerr, J.: The Maya vase book, p 630.
Origin: Late Classic period, circa 500-950 A.D. Honduras.
Dimensions: Diameter: 19.5 cm / Height: 11.8 cm
Price: AUD $3,500.00 USD $2,450.00 EUR €1,855.00
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Item Code: 03480
Description: A Mayan Lowlands orangeware pottery cylinder vessel, the upper register of carving with bird glyphs and the lower register with a standing and a kneeling lord.
Reference: Sotheby's, New York, May 1997, number 181.
Origin: Late Classic period, 550-950 A.D. Central America.
Dimensions: Height: 18 cm / Diameter: 14 cm
Price: AUD $5,700.00 USD $3,990.00 EUR €3,021.00
Status: Available