PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE NICOYA EFFIGY VESSELPre-Columbian style, Costa Rican, Nicoya - Guanacaste terracotta pottery effigy vessel with bands of polychrome painted decoration and tripod form, rattle legs, depicting...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN NICOYA RATTLE LEG BOWL,COSTA RICA Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya, circa 800 to 1000 CE diminutive ceramic bowl with a flared rim, rising on three hollow rattle legs having mold-formed facial...
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A NICOYA-GUANACASTE CHOCOLATE WARE INCISEDAND FLARED VESSEL A Nicoya-Guanacaste chocolate ware incised and flared vessel, rising on tripod legs, 6.5"h x 6"w...
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7 SMALL PRE-COLUMBIAN CERAMICSSevensmall Pre-Columbian ceramic items, including: one Toltec beaker (600-1200 C.E.); one Nicoya effigy vessel (800-1200 C.E.); one Jalisco turtle vessel (c. 100 C.E.); one Cocle...
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COSTA RICAN GUANACASTE NICOYA BROWNWAREFOOTED OLLAPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A beautiful, hand-built bichrome pottery olla, its form with a dramatically corseted...
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2 JALISCO, 1 MICHOACAN, AND 1 NICOYAPOTTERY FIGURESPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan culture, ca. 500 to 100 BCE; Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 600 to 1000...
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COSTA RICAN NICOYA STONE MACE EFFIGYCROCODILE HEADPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, ca. 100 to 500 CE. An incredible stone mace, pecked and polished into a crocodilian or reptilian head,...
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NICOYA POLYCHROME JAGUAR EFFIGY RATTLEVESSEL**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya, Period VI, ca. 1000 to 1350 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel depicting a highly stylized jaguar...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN COSTA RICAN STONE REPTILIANMACE HEADPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed region, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. A sizable and hefty mace head, hand-carved from a calcite...
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NICOYA POLYCHROME POTTERY CYLINDER VESSELPre-Columbian,Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A beautiful, hand-built pottery cylinder vessel, showing strong Mayan influence. The surface...
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COSTA RICAN NICOYA POTTERY DOUBLE HEADEDBIRD OCARINA**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya / Guanacaste, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A fantastical ocarina in the form of a double headed bird- the brownware...
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NICOYA POLYCHROME TROPHY HEAD VESSEL**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Atlantic Watershed, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Guanacaste region, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel in the form of a trophy head decorated...
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COSTA RICAN NICOYA VESSEL ZOOMORPHICFORMPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An adorable pottery vessel in the form of a seated zoomorph adorned with black-on-red painted...
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COSTA RICAN NICOYA GREENSTONE FIGURALAXE GOD CELTPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rican, Nicoya region, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 300 to 500 CE. An intriguing and abstract anthropomorphic figure known as an...
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COSTA RICAN NICOYA POLYCHROME CYLINDERPre-Columbian,Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, ca. 300 to 500 CE. An attractive pottery vessel presenting a minimalist, cylindrical form with an exterior adorned...
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COSTA RICAN CEREMONIAL ZOOMORPHIC MACEHEADPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone mace head of bulbous form with a protruding...
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COSTA RICAN BASALT METATE - FELINE FORMPre-Columbian,Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved basalt grinding platform called a metate in the form of an abstract...
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FIVE SOUTH AMERICAN POTTERY VESSELS,COMPRISED OF2 comprised of2 Mata Ortiz vessels: a blackware vessel on metal stand signed Quico Marquez, 9"H, and a figural jar, signed Yolanda Lopez Q (Quezada), 7.5"H x 13.5"...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN: PRE-COLUMBIAN OBJECTS,14+ PIECES, ANCIENT MESOAMERICA, TERRACOTTA AND STONE, ALONG WITH TWO OTHER SIMILAR, ITEMS INC...PRE-COLUMBIAN: Pre-Columbian objects, 14+ pieces, Ancient Mesoamerica, terracotta...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN POLYCHROME POTTERY EFFIGYFIGURESThree Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Effigy Figures , 800-1200 A.D., Costa Rica, possibly Nicoya, largest h. 7 3/4 in., w. 3 in., d. 3 in Provenance: Collection of...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN POLYCHROME POTTERY VESSELPre-ColumbianPolychrome Pottery Vessel , 800-1350 A.D., Costa Rica, possibly Nicoya, avian head, zoomorphic designs, splayed ring base, h. 10 1/2 in., dia. 5 1/2 in Provenance: Collection...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN POLYCHROME POTTERY TRIPODBOWLLarge Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Tripod Bowl , 600-1350 A.D., Costa Rica, possibly Nicoya, zoomorphic mounts and design, h. 6 1/4 in., dia. 11 in Provenance: Collection...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN POLYCHROME POTTERY VESSELPre-ColumbianPolychrome Pottery Vessel , 800-1350 A.D., Costa Rica, possibly Nicoya, avian head, fluted body, zoomorphic designs, splayed ring base, h. 9 1/2 in., dia. 5 1/2 in Provenance:...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY TRIPOD BOWLPre-ColumbianPottery Tripod Bowl , 800-1500 A.D., Costa Rica, possibly Nicoya, red slip design, animal head rattle legs, h. 8 in., dia. 12 1/2 in Provenance: Collection of Brooke and Maria...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN POLYCHROME POTTERY VESSELPre-ColumbianPolychrome Pottery Vessel , 800-1350 A.D., Costa Rica, possibly Nicoya, avian head, zoomorphic design, splayed ring base, h. 8 1/2 in., w. 5 1/2 in., d. 4 in Provenance: Collection...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN NICOYA POLYCHROMED POTTERYBOWLPre-Columbian Nicoya polychromed pottery bowl, 5 1/2" h., 8 1/2" dia. Provenance: From the family of Wilmar Sick, Baltimore, Maryland.
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PRE-COLUMBIAN NICOYA PAINTED TRIPODRATTLE BOWL Possibly Chorotega, Costa Rica, 300 - 1000 A.D.; brown earthenware covered with white slip, with linear geometric decoration in orange-brown and black, 5 1/4 in....
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PRE-COLUMBIAN NICOYA TRIPOD RATTLE BOWLCosta Rica, 1200 - 1500 A.D.; a hemispheric bowl supported on large feet modeled as eagles' heads; brown earthenware covered in tan slip and decorated in black and orange-brown,...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN NICOYA EARTHENWARE JARGuanacaste region of Costa Rica; of squat globular form, with shallow incised lines around the shoulder suggesting a gourd, and three frogs modeled in low relief; burnished...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN NICOYA EARTHENWARE FOOTEDBOWL Costa Rica, 1000-1500 A.D.; with four figural loop legs modeled as monkeys' heads and arms; brown earthenware covered with red ochre slip, details added with tan slip,...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN RED & BLACK POTTERY VASE,COSTA RICAPre-Columbian pottery vase, Greater Nicoya region of Costa Rica, c.1000-1350 A.D., pear-shaped body, on flared base, ornamented in red and black figural and geometric...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN CERAMIC JAGUAR EFFIGYVESSEL Pre Columbian, Costa Rican, Kingdom of Nicoya / Cacicazgo, stoneware ceramic pottery jaguar effigy vessel with elaborate polychrome painted decoration and tri-pod form...
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MAYAN SUSPENDED RATTLE BOWL WITH THREEJAQUAR HEAD LEGS Maya, Guanacasta, Costa Rica, Nicoya; circa 1200 AD, red, white and black decoration, 3 1/2" x 6" diam....
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Nicoya Culture Seated Female Figure,Atlantic Watershed Region, Costa Rica, A.D. 800-1200, the seated terra cotta figure having a head wearing perforated circular earplugs and a vertical headdress, the body with...
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Nicoya Peninsula Culture Figure, CostaRica, ca. A. D. 500-1000, the polychrome terra cotta figure depicting a man seated on a stool, his hands resting on his knees, his torso adorned with a sash, h. 7"....
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Seated Maternity Figure, Guanacaste/NicoyaRegion, Costa Rica, ca. A.D. 500-800, the terra cotta figure having a head with red-painted mouth and beak nose and black-painted eyes, the body with curved tubular arms,...
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