Sold2016Cute Costa Rican Ocarina - Monkey FormPre-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, hiSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Pottery Ocarina - Monkey FormPre-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 sSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican / Huetar Ocarina, Amphibian Form**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 vSee Sold Price
Sold2016Costa Rican Pottery Ocarina -Lizard FormPre-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 heaSee Sold Price
Sold2020Costa Rican Pottery Ocarina**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 1See Sold Price
Sold2017Large Mixtec Copper Bell & Costa Rican Pottery Ocarina**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 wSee Sold Price
Sold2017Large Mixtec Copper Bell & Costa Rican Pottery Ocarina**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 wSee Sold Price
Sold2021Costa Rican Pottery Bird OcarinaPre-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 featuSee Sold Price
Sold2022Costa Rican Stone Metate w/ Zoomorph, ex-StendahlPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A beautiful ceremonial metate of a massive size, hand-carved from grey volcanic stone, with an endearing seated zoomSee Sold Price
Sold2022Costa Rican Diquis Polychrome Jar ZoomorphPre-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 aboSee Sold Price
Sold2024Costa Rican Nicoya Figures (1 is Ocarina!)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 vesseSee Sold Price
Sold2017Costa Rican Frog Bowl & Greyware Mini ZoomorphPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A charming red on black negative resist olla boasting lovely stylized geometric motifs on the dramatically corseted shoulder and lower sectSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Double Headed Bird 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 surface incised with stippled patSee Sold Price
Sold20213 Costa Rican Guanacaste / Nicoya Polychrome FiguresPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A fine set of 3 hand-built pottery figures from ancient Costa Rica. First is a petite zoomorph, perhaps a coatiSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Nicoya Vessel Zoomorphic FormPre-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 decoration of woven and geomSee Sold Price
Sold2017Trio of Costa Rican Animal Form Pottery Musical ObjectsPre-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 crocodiliaSee Sold Price
Sold2020Cesar Valverde Costa Rican 1928-1998Cesar 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.See Sold Price
Sold2016Important Costa Rican Greenstone Mace HeadPre-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 formSee Sold Price
Sold2017Superb Costa Rican Jade Mace Head - AnthropomorphicPre-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 artisansSee Sold Price
Sold2022Superb Costa Rican Jadeite Shaman & Bird PectoralPre-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, woSee Sold Price
Sold2018Superb Costa Rican Jaguar Form MetatePre-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 fromSee Sold Price
Sold2020Cesar Valverde Costa Rican 1928-1998Cesar Valverde Costa Rican 1928-1998 oil on canvas. Untitled. Measures 18 inches high x 18 inches wide + 2 3/4 inch frame.See Sold Price
Sold2017Francisco Zuniga (1912-1998) Costa RicanCAMPERINA CON REBOZZO, 1978, color pastel drawing on color paper, signed and dated lower right, 19 Ā½ x 27 Ā¾ā, framed. Provenance: Tasende Gallery, La Jolla; Exhibited: Santa Barbara Museum of Art;See Sold Price
Sold2016Francisco Zuniga (1912-1988) Costa RicanPEINANDOSE (cat. Vol IV, pg.817, addendum to work 707A), 1974, cast bronze sculpture with gold patina, signed and dated, numbered VIII/XXVIII, 10 Ā½ā tall plus wood base, with a little compound resiSee Sold Price
May 25Cain Modern AuctionsFrancisco Zuniga 20 Drawings Portfolio by Galeria De Arte Misrachi-MexicoUS$4,000
1 day LeftHudson Valley Auctioneers LLC Beacon NYDrawing, "Nina II", Costa Vavagiakis, graphite on paper, 1997, signed on reverse, 22.25" by 23.75"US$70(2 bids)
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions Inc9 3/4" Pre-Columbian Effigy Bowl, Motley COA, found in Costa RicaUS$65(5 bids)
May 17Leland LittleAngel Botella (Spanish/Puerto Rican, 1913-1986), Niña / BailandoUS$100(2 bids)