Delightful Costa Rican Pottery Jaguar Whistle

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 CE. A charming small bowl atop a jaguar back, all hand sculpted from pottery and elaborately painted in the unique Costa Rican style. The body of the jaguar is a ra

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. This is a portly red slipped figure of what appears to be a lizard with his arms and tail snaked around his head. He stands upright and has a rattle ins

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Chiriqui culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel in the form of a traditional grinding platform called a metate. The quadruped container is

An 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 dep

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, 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, 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

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

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

Pre-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 interior

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

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Diquis region, Chiriqui, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A delightful pottery jar sitting upon a round yet stable base with a wide hip, a sloped shoulder, and an inward-curving rim abo

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican, Post-Classic Period, ca. 500 to 900 CE. A delightful pottery jar featuring an avianesque visage comprised of a triangular, beak-like nose with

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Pacific Slope, ca. 900 to 1530 CE. One of the finest metates we have ever had the honor of handling, depicting a fierce jaguar with a large table/seat, expertly carved from

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

A lovely Costa Rican jaguar tripod vessel, AD 1000 - 1200, with three hollow legs one of which is a rattle. The sides are decorated with panels containing a crème geometric design contrasting nicely

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

9 1/2" Costa Rican Jaguar Metate ca. 500BC from the estate of Giraud foster Baltimore Maryland

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

**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, 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, Nicoya-Guanacaste region, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. An intriguing janus-headed bichrome pottery vessel finished in a cream slip with black painted details. The piece is comprised