Pre-Columbian Figures

A 6th-11th Century Pre-Columbian Costa Rican pottery vessel.  Guanacaste province, Nicoya Peninsula.  Period V.  The hollow cartouche-form body of a jaguar with applied head and looping tail.  The whole supported by four thick legs.  Painted with geometric designs in red, black and white slip.  6-1/2" high.

A 7th-8th Century AD Pre-Columbian pottery vessel.  Nasca-Huari Culture.  A wide arched strap handle attached to two hollow, tapering post spouts.  The twisting tubular body of the vessel in the form of intertwined snakes.  Painted with dark brown, red and cream colored slip.  7-3/4" high.

A 6th-10th Century Pre-Columbian Guatemalan stone effigy figure.  Myan culture.  Late Classic Period.  The figure of human form standing full-figure with carved slit, almond-form eyes, flattened triangular nose and thin ridged lips.  Both arms are raised across the chest figure.  The whole attached from behind on a solid carved bottom.  8-3/4" high.

A 9th Century AD Pre-Columbian Peruvian pottery effigy vessel.  Mochica culture.  A ring mouth above a hollow post and stirrup-form spout.  The ovoid form body in the shape of a stylized jaguar.  The polished surface decorated with stripes, wavy lines, and dots. 8-3/8" high.

A 9th Century AD Peruvian Pre-Columbian painted pottery double figure vessel.  A large cartouche form mouth at one end is slightly above an elongated, shaped body.  The other end is comprised of two standing owl figures.  The whole is glazed and painted with a typical, Mochica culture, reddish brown slip.  9" long.

A 12th-15th Century Pre-Columbian Peruvian pottery vessel.  Huari culture.  Chancay site.  The tapering columnar mouth above a thick ring-form neck.  Two figures of monkeys serve as handles and are connected to the neck and a circular tube body which is pierced on the front and back with open work crosses.  Decorated with white slip checks, lines, and dots.  9-1/2" high.