Costa Rican Pottery Peccary Vessel

This is a Pre-Columbian Costa Rican pottery vessel with a molded face dating to circa 800 A.D. It was acquired from Arte Primitive, Inc on East 65th st in New York City in 1988. Accompanied by the rec

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 600 to 1200 CE. A hand-built earthenware olla of a graceful form and an extensive decorative/iconographic program embellished with wonderfu

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1200 CE; El Salvador, Maya, Copador type, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A fine gathering of hand-built pottery vessels from El Salvador

Lot of 4 Ancient Pre Columbian Costa Rican Pottery Vessels c.600 to 900 AD. Size 2 1/2 - 3 1/4 inches high. Provenance: NY Lawyer collection 1970s-1980s.

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 1 to 500 CE. A pair of interesting pottery objects; one a bulbous olla with delicate frog-shaped handles, the other a flared vase on a symmetrically flared base. Size: 6

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, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. Large and very expressive polychrome decorated pottery jar in the form of a stylized head. Sitting on pedestal base, it is painted with black and orange

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

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

Greater Nicoya, Period V Ca. 500-800 AD. A wide shallow vessel with handle in the form of a bird. With one rattle balls inside. Size: diam 4 1/2 in; H 9 in. +custom mount. Provenance: Ex collection of

**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 with

An 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 flare

Atlantic Watershed Zone, Ticaban Period IV, Ca. 1 to 500 AD.Unique and rare style for a ritual vessel. The small central bowl is raised up by three standing figural legs, one playing a flute. They hav

**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. A wonderful rounded painted jar with shamanistic devices incorporating figures painted and molded in high relief to either side. Geometr

Guanacaste Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Fine figural vessel, red with black design markings, figural turtle head, legs, feet and tail just below flared rim. Light brown and cream base with dark b

Guanacaste Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Figural bird pot with figural cat base. Rattling pot with brown design band encircling the bird head. Two cat heads on opposite sides of the base. Pot has

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 $300** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya area, ca. 600 to 1100 CE. An impressive pottery jar supported by 3 lizard effigy legs, each positioned with

Atlantic Watershed region, Ca. 600 to 1000 A.D. A buff pottery bessel depicting a human head with personality. Size 4-5/8 inches H; 8-3/8 inches on custom lucite base. Provenance: Ex collection of Sta

A Pre Columbian Panamanian or Costa Rican polychrome figural dual-handled pottery vessel, produced circa 11th Century to 15th Century (1000 to 1400 C.E./A.D.) Primitive tribal vessel design made of re

A pair of Pre Columbian Costa Rican manner effigy pottery vessels. The vessels are made in the shape of animals, and hand painted with traditional ornaments. Each is mounted on four legs. In Mesoameri

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya, ca. 300 to 800 CE. A fabulous pair of pottery vessels, each displaying a bulbous body, a brief, narrow neck, and an annular rim, all sitting upon 3 tapered l

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