Pre-columbian Costa Rican Polychrome Urn

Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV Ca. 300-500 AD. Colorful terracotta vessel of somewhat corseted shape, flared base. Overall decorated with polychrome painted design on either side; in

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 1200 to 1550 CE. A large polychrome pyriform footed vessel created in the Greater Nicoya region of Pre-Columbian Costa Rica, a monume

Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV Ca. 300-500 AD. Imposing terracotta hollow pottery seated figure molded with hands held to hips. Pale orange-tan fabric with delicate painted black geom

Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV Ca. 300-500 AD. A wonderful rounded painted jar with shamanistic devices incorporating figures painted and molded in high relief to either side. Geometr

Pre-Columbian Polychrome seated figure from the Nicoya region of Costa Rica, ca. 500-1000 CE. Seated female terracotta figure with intricate geometric painted designs, bulbous eyes and low relief nose

A large urn with anthromorphic head, tripod feet and tail. Abstract design on shoulder. 15" H x 14" W; 10 lbs. Provenance: Ex collection, New York, NY

A Pre Columbian Panamanian or Costa Rican polychrome figural dual-handled pottery vessel, produced circa 11th Century to 15th Century (1000 to 1400 C.E./A.D.) Primitive tribal vessel design made of re

Two Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Ceramic Whistles . L: Polychrome whistle with cat face; 500-800 AD. R: Polychrome figure whistle; 1200 AD. Max. Ht. 4 1/2" W 3 1/2" . Enrique Vargas, Costa Rica, 2006. Es

Pre-Columbian, northwestern Costa Rica, Middle / Late Polychrome periods in Guanacaste / Nicoya, ca. 800 to 1550 CE. A striking, rare style of tripod vessel, composed of an ornately-decorated, tall-si

Costa Rican Pre-Columbian polychrome pottery vessel vase with animal head handle accent. Measures 14" tall. Provenance: From the collection of Seymour Rosenberg.

Costa Rican Pre-Columbian polychrome pottery vase. Measures 12.25" tall. Provenance: From the collection of Seymour Rosenberg.

Costa Rican Pre-Columbian polychrome pottery round footed bowl. Measures 9" wide 5.5" tall.

Costa Rican Pre-Columbian polychrome pottery vase. Measures 12.25" tall. Provenance From the collection of Seymour Rosenberg.

Pre-Columbian, Guanacaste Costa Rica / Nicaragua, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A hand painted pottery pedestal vessel supported by tripod rattle feet showing distinct Mayan influence. The body of the vessel is

A large Pre-Columbian polychrome and pottery figure. Costa Rica. 26"h. Provenance: The Alvin M. Cohen Collection, Bethesda MD.

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. Large and very expressive polychrome decorated pottery jar in the form of a stylized head. Sitting on pedestal base, it is painted with black and orange

COSTA RICA, 500-1000 AD A fine example of a Pre-Columbian Costa Rican tripod rattle foot bowl. The bowl is beautifully decorated with polychrome scenes of native life. The bowl stands on three bird he

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Nicoya Region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. This female venus figure possesses the elegant stylings of the Guanacaste-Nicoya artisans. The striking trichromatic ceramic st

Polychrome bowl with red snake-like designs to interior on creamy white slip, with three rattle legs, two of these joined by snake-like arms to an animal head centered between these two legs. Restorat

Pre Columbian, Costa Rican, Kingdom of Nicoya / Cacicazgo, stoneware ceramic pottery jaguar effigy vessel with elaborate polychrome painted decoration and tri-pod form with rattle legs, the jaguar's m

Pre-Columbian, northwestern Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya, Middle / Late Polychrome periods, ca. 800 to 1550 CE. A beautiful, highly-burnished tripod vessel comprised of three abstract zoomorphic fe

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya Peninsula, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Tall and vibrantly decorated footed jar with central band of abstract zoomorphic creatures, with 6 additional bands with rope patterns

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Diquis region, Chiriqui, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A delightful pottery jar sitting upon a round yet stable base with a wide hip, a sloped shoulder, and an inward-curving rim abo

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Chiriqui, ca. 300 to 800 CE. A charming pottery vessel in the form of an owl presenting a bulbous body, a carinated shoulder, and a slender neck that slightly widens to form