Sold2016Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Standing FigurePre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A hollow, molded pottery figure of a pregnant woman, with hands out at her sides, a detailed face, and a huge forehaed and head; her bodySee 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
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
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
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
Sold2024Ancient Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Figures c.500 to 700 AD. (2).Ancient Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Figures c.500 to 700 AD. (2). Size: 7 1/2 - 4 1/4 inches high. Pre-Columbian Costa Rican pottery female figures, larger figure holding a child on its bSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Nicoya Seated Male + Female**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A set of 2 hand-built pottery figures of characteristically abstract forms, each boasting polychSee 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
Sold2015Pre-columbian Costa Rican Pottery FigurePre-columbian Costa Rican Figure from Nicoya, ca. 1000 A.D. Rotund figure with black painted details. notes:All lots will be sold with a COA guaranteeing the authenticity of the piece for a lifetime.See 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
Sold2024Costa Rican Female Jade Axe God CeltPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An enigmatic standing figure, hand-carved from a mottled pale-green stone with beige and dark inclusions. The form is taperedSee Sold Price
Sold2018Costa Rican Greenstone Axe God - AvianPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An enigmatic standing figure, hand-carved from a mottled pale-green stone with beige and dark inclusions. The form is taperedSee Sold Price
Sold2024Costa Rican Stone Axe God Pendant**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An enigmatic standing figure, hand-carved from a mottled deep-green stone with beige and dark inSee Sold Price
Sold2024Pair Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Figures (2)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 andSee 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
Sold2015Costa Rican zoomorphic tripod, CE200-600.A tripod pottery vessel in stylized zoomorphic figure. Costa Rica, Guana Caste /Nicoya, CE200-600. 12"h x 4 1/2"d. Provenance: The Alvin M. Cohen Collection, Bethesda MD.See 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
Sold2018Ancient Pre-Columbian Carved Jade Fertility Figure c.50Ancient Pre Columbian Pottery head c.500 AD. Size 1 5/8 inches high. ancient Pre-Columbian Carved Jade Fertility Figure, Costa Rica, Nicoya, c. 500-800 A.D., the heavy medium green standing female forSee 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
Sold2023Costa Rican / Nicoya Pottery Vessels (pr)**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A pair of charming ceramic vessels, both with bulbous bodies and corseted necks. Wide, sloping mouths withSee Sold Price
Sold2021Pre-Columbian Style Costa Rican Pottery FiguresPre-Columbian Style Costa Rican Pottery Figures (3) pottery seated figures from Guanacaste, Costa Rica, (2) being burnished red and cream slip on buff clay, figural vessels opening at tops of heads; tSee Sold Price
Sold2024ANTIQUE COSTA RICA NOCOYA TROPHY HEAD POTTERY VESSELAn antique Pre Columbian manner Costa Rican Nicoya pottery vessel. The vessel is made in the form of a trophy head decorated with war paint and wearing an elaborate headdress that doubles as the flareSee Sold Price
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
Oct 05North American Artifact AuctionsPre-Columbian Unusual Nicoya Zoomorphic Pottery Figure - Lynx or Jaguar 1000 to 1200 AD$40(6 bids)
5 days LeftFreeman's | HindmanA Chinese Painted Pottery Figure of a Standing Warrior, Probably Han Dynasty 漢 彩$500
5 days LeftFreeman's | HindmanAn Assembled Set of Chinese Pottery Zodiac Figures, Ming Dynasty 明 陶加彩$750(1 bid)
4 days LeftArtemissionAttic Black-Figure Pottery Lekythos with Monkey and Horse Rider, c. 6th - 5th Century B.C.$1,200
Oct 04Ma San AuctionA GROUP OF CHINESE SANCAI GLAZED POTTERY FIGURES OF ATTENDANTS, MING DYNASTY. Four male and one£60
Oct 04Ma San AuctionA CHINESE POTTERY MODEL OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL AND ATTENDANT, TANG DYNASTY. Each standing and mounted£180(1 bid)
5 days LeftFreeman's | HindmanA Chinese Grey Pottery Figure of a Rooster, Han Dynasty 漢 灰陶雞$350