Costa Rican Pottery Bird Ocarina

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A hand-built pottery ocarina of an abstract and stylized avian form, with a protruding mouthpiece that doubles as a tail. The body featu

**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 pat

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

Pre-Columbian, Linea Vieja, Costa Rica, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. This is a small piece of molded pottery with four finger holes along its body to produce music. The tail is the mouthpiece. The lizard's hea

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A large, gourd-shaped ceramic ocarina, composed of a heavy red terracotta. Still playable! Size: 7.55" W x 4.1" H (19.2 cm x 1

**Originally Listed at $125** Pre-Columbian, Post Classic Maya, Mixtec, modern day Mexico, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE (copper bell) and Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 CE (ocarina). A small copper bell w

**Originally Listed at $125** Pre-Columbian, Post Classic Maya, Mixtec, modern day Mexico, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE (copper bell) and Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 CE (ocarina). A small copper bell w

**First Time At Auction**Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Chiriqui, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. Tweet, tweet, tweet! A near-miniature variant of a Costa Rican terracotta "spider pot" or a "chocolate pot" - its tri

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

Ca. 700-1000 AD. Professionally repaired. Possibly Costa Rica.

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, 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 vesse

**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

(7) PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY OCARINAS - Zoomorphic Whistles in terra cotta, some with remnants of pigment, Nicoya peoples, Costa Rica, circa 500-1000 AD, depicting birds, rodents, a chipmunk and an armad

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

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

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

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

**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

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican, ca. 7th to 12th century CE. A hand built earthenware effigy vessel, possibly representing a chieftain of importance or a significant figure fr

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, probably Nicoya area, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A set of 2 hand-built pottery vessels from ancient Costa Rica, a large bowl and a double

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 5th to 6th century CE. An intriguing group of four cylindrical terracotta roller stamps, each one carved/modeled with a mesmerizing design motif: two