Two Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Ceramic Whistles

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

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

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

Costa Rican (Circa 200-500 AD.) Pre Columbian Redware Ceramic Nose Snuff/Tobacco Pipe Resting on Display Stand. Modeled surface with two circular passages. Measures 3-1/2" x 1-1/2". Certificate of Aut

LOT OF TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN COSTA RICAN PIECES, CIRCA 500 A. D. PROVENANCE: FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. GENE BURKE. Height: 7 in. by Width: 3 in. by Depth: 2 1/2 in.

An ancient Pre Columbian Costa Rican seated female whistle figure from Nicoya. The handcrafted clay figurine is painted red and black. On the back of the figure there are several elongated holes of di

An ancient Pre Columbian Costa Rican seated female whistle figure from Nicoya. The handcrafted clay figurine is painted red and black. On the back of the figure, there are several elongated holes of d

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

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 Costa Rican jade necklace with pendants, ca. 1000-1400 AD. Composed of several shapes all in jade. Central pendant is a frontal depiction of a bird, 6 bird-shaped beads, two axe-shaped b

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

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1200 CE. A group of five ceramic whistles, all with charmingly abstract zoomorphic and anthropomorphic forms. The largest has a monkey perched on

Circa 3rd-6th century A.D. A jade frog pendant or amulet with stylised anatomical detailing and bulging eyes to one face; two perforations for suspension. See Abel-Vidor, S., Between Continents, Betwe

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

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,

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

(lot of 3) Pre-Columbian vessel group, likely Costa Rican, including a charming badger form example, together with two examples with incised geometric accents and decorative handles, largest: 4.5"h x

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

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed region, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. Carved from a single piece of volcanic stone, a nice metate, skillfully carved and embellished with two protrusions at one end

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic watershed, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A fun, miniature ceramic rattle in the form of an adult holding a child on his or her back. Despite their simplified faces, the figu

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1500 CE. A pair of stone votive mace heads. Both are made of greenstone, although one has been smoothed more extensively. The smaller of the two - the smoother on

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A seafoam green jade axe god carved and string cut to represent an abstract zoomorphic form with two part

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Finely carved and string cut from beautiful jade of mottled seafoam green hues, an axe god representing two animals - an abstract bird form when viewed on

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya, ca. 300 to 800 CE. A tall, excellently-preserved ceramic tripod bowl with tall rattling legs, sometimes called a spider pot (after the form) or a chocolate p