Greater Nicoya subarea patake polychrome ceremonial

A pair of Greater Nicoya sub-area Papagayo polychrome ceramics, Costa Rica, AD 800 – 1250, the first is a nice zoomorphic transformational puma/ocelot/jaguar figure, with pleasant style and mottled

6 3/4" H. Toad Effigy Polychrome Jar. Northwest Costa Rica. Greater Nicoya, Middle Polychrome Period. Pre-Columbian, 800 to 1350 AD. Wonderful Ring Based Rattlehead. Detailed decorations. Exquisite or

Greater 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 geom

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya, Period VI, ca. 1000 to 1350 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel depicting a highly stylized jaguar effigy standing atop 4 squat legs. T

**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 form

Greater 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; in

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone mace head of bulbous form with a protruding zoomorphic head of abstr

Greater 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 blac

Pre-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 monume

Greater 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. Geometr

Greater 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 on

Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV Ca. 300-500 AD. Memorializing an ancestor or representing a deity with large eye orbits and cut toothy mouth in green andesitic basalt. Centrally pierce

Greater Nicoya, Pataky Period VI Ca. 1000-1350 AD An unusual and expressive pottery figure molded with hand holding a vessel behind back with tump line on forehead. Buff clay painted in red, brown and

A fine and impressive Pre-Columbian ceremonial stone metate (grinding stone) from ancient Costa Rica. This example is of the Greater Nicoya type, dating to Period IV, circa 1 A.D. – 500 A.D. Measure

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica to Nicaragua, Gunacaste, ca. 750 to 1000 CE. Important seated pottery female painted in vibrant geometric patterns, holding her hands to her hips with truncated legs and ampl

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. An impressive polychrome jaguar effigy vessel that seamlessly blends the animorphic body of the mighty jaguar and the

A Nicoya Polychrome Vulture Effigy VesselCosta Rica, Circa 500-1000 A.D.Height 11 3/4 inches (29.85 cm). Provenance: Art Market, Canal Zone, Panama. Dora (b. 1920) & David McIlhenny (1920-1992), Green

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Atlantic Watershed, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Guanacaste region, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel in the form of a trophy head decorated with war pain

A Nicoya Polychrome Terracotta Figure Costa Rica, Circa 500-1300 A.D. Height 15 inches. Property from the Private Estate of Jean Claude Ferrand, Paradise Valley, Arizona Provenance: Simpson's Auctione

A Nicoya Polychrome Terracotta Seated Figure Costa Rica, Circa 500-1300 A.D. Height 14 inches. Property from the Private Estate of Jean Claude Ferrand, Paradise Valley, Arizona Provenance: Simpson's A

Congo Carved Wood Polychrome Ceremonial Mask. The head with black and white zig-zag pattern, red painted crest with flap towards the front, red painted accents throughout. {Approximate dimensions: 20

Pre-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 the

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya Peninsula, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A tall and vibrantly painted footed vessel of a globular form, with several registers of decorative and iconographic motifs, of the Pa

A Nicoya Polychrome Terracotta Seated Figure Costa Rica, Circa 500-1300 A.D. Height 11 inches. Property from the Private Estate of Jean Claude Ferrand, Paradise Valley, Arizona Provenance: Simpson's A