Sold2016Large/Fine Costa Rican Nicoya Polychrome Pottery UrnPre-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 monumeSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery UrnGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV Ca. 300-500 AD. Colorful terracotta vessel of somewhat corseted shape, flared base. Overall decorated with polychrome painted feather serpent design onSee Sold Price
Sold2023Pre Columbian Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Painted Anthropomorphic UrnGreater 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; inSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa 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 with the brSee Sold Price
Sold2016Costa Rican Nicoya Polychrome Tripod - Jaguar FeetPre-Columbian, modern day Costa Rica, Nicoya, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. This is a painted tripod pottery bowl with jaguar heads as the legs. The paint is red and black, and on the exterior and the interiorSee Sold Price
Sold2024Costa Rican Nicoya Polychrome Bowl**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A lovely hemispherical pottery bowl decorated with a step-fret motif in umber hues upon the buffSee Sold Price
Sold2016Nicoya Polychrome Pottery Coati Urn, ex-Sotheby'sPre-Columbian, Costa Rica/Nicaragua, Nicoya Peninsula, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. This is a large pottery urn with a bulbous body, a wide opening at the top, and rounded tripod rattle legs. The body of theSee 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
Sold2021Costa Rican Nicoya Guanacaste Figural PotteryCosta Rican Nicoya Guanacaste Figural Pottery Assortment (7) items, mostly burnished polychrome, including a standing female; (2) seated females having headdresses; another seated female; a pendant haSee Sold Price
Sold2024PRE-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 a human on one side and an anSee Sold Price
Sold2023Pre Columbian Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Elaborate Seated FemaleGreater 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 geomSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery FemaleFine 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,See Sold Price
2023Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Figural Vessel**Originally Listed At $700** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A sizable pottery vessel of spherical, round-bottomed formSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Painted Polychrome Pottery Standing Female FigureGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV Ca. 300-500 AD.Imposing terracotta hollow pottery standing figure molded with hands held to hips. Buff fabric with delicate painted tan finish with blacSee Sold Price
Sold2023Pre Columbian Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Figural VesselGreater 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. GeometrSee Sold Price
Sold2022Pre-Columbian Ceramic Jaguar Effigy VesselPre 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 mSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Tripod Vessel with FlutistAtlantic 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 havSee Sold Price
Sold2023Large Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery VesselPre-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 orangeSee Sold Price
Sold2017Attractive Costa Rican Nicoya Polychrome VesselPre-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 patternsSee Sold Price
Sold2023Ancient Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Figure c.500 to 700 AD.Ancient Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Figure c.500 to 700 AD. Size 7 3/8 inches high. A Costa Rican Nicoya hollow pottery figure, depicted seated on bench holding water jar. Provenance: EXSee 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
Sold2023Ancient Pre Columbian Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Figure c.500 to 700 AD.Ancient Pre Columbian Csta Rican Nicoya Pottery Figure c.500 to 700 AD. Size 7 3/4 inches high. A Nicoya hollow pottery figure, decorated. Provenance: NY Lawyer collection 1970s-1980s.See Sold Price
Sold2020Large Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Jar**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a rotund form bearing intricate red and black motifs atop a cream ground. TheSee Sold Price
Sold2024ANTIQUE COSTA RICAN POTTERY URN WITH A PAINTED JAGUARAn antique Costa Rican pottery urn featuring a painted jaguar showing a notable artifact indicative of Costa Ricas rich cultural heritage. These pottery vessels, often adorned with painted designs depSee Sold Price
Featured6 days LeftClark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc.Francisco Zuniga (1912-1998) Costa RicanUS$1,200(4 bids)
3 days LeftClars Auction GalleryFour Pre-Colombian or Costa Rican figures and masks, the first (2) Pre-Columbian stone maskettes,US$50