Three Costa Rican Pottery Whistles - Two Working

TOAD WHISTLE, painted ceramic, 2 ½ x 4 ¼ x 5 ½”, estimated for auction by Sotheby’s in 1997 for $400-500; A painted ceramic bowl, 2 5/8” tall, 6 ¼” diameter. Both from the collection of Se

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi province, Jamacoaque (stamp and mold), ca. 500 CE; Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica (whistle), ca. 1000 CE. Three wonderful ancient pottery items from

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

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, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1200 CE; Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A lovely gathering of 3 hand-built pottery whistles. First is a Costa Rican whistle depicting a

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. An adorable bichrome terracotta vessel with three looped feet, each with an abstract amphibian body, supporting the larger superstructure above. The main

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. An intriguing ensemble of six terracotta stamp seals, three with flat faces and protruding handles, and three with cylindri

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1200 CE. A trio of knapped spear points, made of dark red stone with white inclusions. The marks of stone working are clear. These beautiful hand tools were likel

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 1100 to 1500 CE. A petite zoomorphic pottery bowl with a shallow dish, three conical legs, and an amusing primate head which projects outwards

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

3 Well Made Costa Rican Pottery Items - Tripod Base Vessel w/ Crab Motif, Armadillo Shaped Whistle, Female Figurine, All Are Nicoya Culture Style and Contemporary Art Works

Description: Two Pre Columbian era pieces: 1. Costa Rican pottery bowl with tripod base in red. 2. Small red clay cylinder jaron or drink vessel with spout and handles, most likely from Mexico 3 x 4 x

Atlantic Watershed Zone, Ticaban Period IV, Ca. 1 to 500 AD.Unique and rare style for a ritual vessel. The small central bowl is raised up by three standing figural legs, one playing a flute. They hav

Fine great Nicoya, Galo style period circa 500-800 AD, terracotta standing female figure. With geometric and avian designs throughout in traditional polychrome (literally meaning three colors) style,

A group of Six Costa Rican Pendants & Two Celts. Smallest: 1 1/2." Largest: 4 1/2." ++ Two Pendants. 300 BCE to 1500 CE. ++ Three Guanacaste-Nicoya Pendants. 300 BCE to 500 CE. Guanacaste-Nicoya. ++ A

This is a Pre-Columbian lot of two redware pottery pieces including a Colima dog figurine 250BC-200AD and a Guanacaste, Nicoya, Costa Rica 300BC-300AD pipe with an animal head. Both purchased Oct 1986

A group of two Pre-Columbian pottery objects. ++ Incan vase with loop handle. Peru, CE1200-1500. ++ Costa Rican tripod. Cost Rica, CE1200-1500. Largest: 7"h. Provenance: The Alvin M. Cohen Collection,

One is a Ugandan rattle. The other two are Chinu pottery whistle. Varies

6 Pre-Columbian Costa Rican items, ca. 1000 CE. Two stone sukia figures, 1 stone mano with a frog on top, 1 stone pedestal base, and 1 painted pottery-footed vessel with a face. 2-3/4" H - 8" H. Colle

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

Mexico and Central America, circa 1st millennium A.D. Consisting of a large Veracruz head, two standing figures, two whistles, three smaller fragmentary figures, three small pots, and two decorated bo

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. A hand-built bowl with a deep, red-painted basin, a flared rim, and 3 abstract avian creatures, all above a trio of tall, loop-form legs

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya-Guanacaste region, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. An intriguing rattle leg terracotta vessel painted in a color palette characteristic of this region - in a cream slip overall

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 300 to 700 CE. A tripod, spider-legged terracotta vessel or chocolate pot, presenting an elegant, round-bottomed body supported by t