Costa Rican Ocarina - Waterbird

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 1100 to 1300 CE. A petite terracotta ocarina of a squat, globular body with an adorable monkey perched atop, his hands playfully supporting his chin, hi

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A charming, hand-built pottery whistle in the form of a monkey with sizable, round eyes and a protruding snout in a characteristically s

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, possibly Huetar culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. One theme that we find in Pre-Columbian artworks is their association with music. It seems as though v

Pre-Columbian, Linea Vieja, Costa Rica, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. This is a small piece of molded pottery with four finger holes along its body to produce music. The tail is the mouthpiece. The lizard's hea

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A large, gourd-shaped ceramic ocarina, composed of a heavy red terracotta. Still playable! Size: 7.55" W x 4.1" H (19.2 cm x 1

**Originally Listed at $125** Pre-Columbian, Post Classic Maya, Mixtec, modern day Mexico, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE (copper bell) and Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 CE (ocarina). A small copper bell w

**Originally Listed at $125** Pre-Columbian, Post Classic Maya, Mixtec, modern day Mexico, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE (copper bell) and Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 CE (ocarina). A small copper bell w

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A hand-built pottery ocarina of an abstract and stylized avian form, with a protruding mouthpiece that doubles as a tail. The body featu

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed & Chorotega culture, ca. 300 to 1400 CE. A group of 4 hand-built pottery figurines. One seated figure also functions as a vesse

**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 surface incised with stippled pat

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Three delightful ceramic musical instruments - two ocarinas and one rattle - of zoomorphic form. Two are highly abstract, while the third is a crocodilia

Cesar Valverde Costa Rican 1928-1998 OIl on canvas. Signed Lower Left. Dated. 87. Artwork Measures 28 inches high x 34 inches wide + 2 1/2 inch frame.

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, 300 to 1000 CE. "Stunning" just does not convey how beautiful this stone mace head is. Carved hardstone with numerous colorful inclusions in a mostly black matrx in the form

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 1 to 800 CE. An incredible deep green jadeite mace head carved in highly abstract, anthropomorphic form. Drilling and string-cutting by ancient artisans

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An incredible jadeite pendant of an abstract form that features a central humanoid figure framed by 4 birds, wo

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Pacific Slope, ca. 900 to 1530 CE. One of the finest metates we have ever had the honor of handling, depicting a fierce jaguar with a large table/seat, expertly carved from

Cesar Valverde Costa Rican 1928-1998 oil on canvas. Untitled. Measures 18 inches high x 18 inches wide + 2 3/4 inch frame.

CAMPERINA CON REBOZZO, 1978, color pastel drawing on color paper, signed and dated lower right, 19 ½ x 27 ¾”, framed. Provenance: Tasende Gallery, La Jolla; Exhibited: Santa Barbara Museum of Art;

PEINANDOSE (cat. Vol IV, pg.817, addendum to work 707A), 1974, cast bronze sculpture with gold patina, signed and dated, numbered VIII/XXVIII, 10 ½” tall plus wood base, with a little compound resi

MUJERS CON REBOZOS, 1970, watercolor with color pastel, signed and dated lower right, 25 5/8 x 19 5/8” or 65 x 50cm, with studio pinholes in all four corners, in apparently good studio condition. Sp

A Costa Rican Jade Anthropomorphic Mace Head Diquis, Circa 600-900 A.D. Height 4 3/16 inches (10.7 cm). Property from a New York Collection Provenance: Emile Deletaille. [with inventory label no. 8445

**Originally Listed At $7500** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A jaguar effigy metate depicting the wild feline standing on all fours with a broad, slightly convex b

A Costa Rican White-Jade Snake and Monkey PendantCirca 500-1000 A.D.Height 6 7/8 inches (17.46 cm).Property from a New York Collection Provenance: Olman Gutierrez, New York, 1980s.

Costa Rican Serpent Shaman Mace (100-500 AD)Twin intertwining serpents create the headdress of the shaman depicted on this dehydrated blue jade mace. The two headed serpents interlock on the back of t