Costa Rican style stone bowl with jaguar effigy

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A hand-carved basalt stone jaguar effigy grinding platform known as a metate, supported atop a quartet of th

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A very nice example of a jaguar effigy metate depicting the wild feline standing on all fours with a broad, slightly convex back/tabl

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

Costa Rican Pre-Columbian Style Stone Assortment (6) items including an avian effigy; (5) bark beaters; together with a pottery 'sello' or stamp seal Property from: a Chicago, Illinois (Gold Coast) co

**Originally Listed At $7500** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A jaguar effigy metate depicting the wild feline standing on all fours with a broad, slightly convex b

Costa Rican Stone Mace Head Assortment (5) Pre-Columbian Nicoya style items including an avian form; (2) jaguar heads; an anthropomorphic; and an animal head; all having central holes for the insertio

Costa Rican Stone Mace Head Assortment (5) Pre-Columbian style items including a winged parrot; (2) jaguar heads; a simple spheroid; and a knobbed; all having central holes for the insertion of a shaf

Pre-Colombian type carved stone metate in the form of a jaguar. Approx. 12" x 7" x 4".

Precolumbian, Costa Rican Stone Effigy Pestle, 6" Tall - Grinding Face Shows Use

Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Style Stone Mace Head, ca. 1000 CE. 3 3/8" in length x 2" height.

Pre-Columbian, Diquis, Costa Rica ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. Skillfully carved in the round from a single hefty stone, a jaguar perched upon all four legs and glaring out at the viewer with a formidable exp

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 500 to 900 CE. A sweet and meaningful frog effigy sculpture hand-carved and pecked from a single piece of native volcanic stone, replete with a lovel

Antique metate grinding stone vessel. Costa Rica, Linea Vieja circa AD 1000-1500. Figural four legged stone utensil in the form of a jaguar great cat. Museum Inventory No. 7.2000.006. Provenance: Coll

Pre-Columbian Style Pottery Assortment Over (20) items including a partially reconstructed Costa Rican style human effigy tripod vessel having plaster repairs; a West Mexican style avian effigy; a 'sh

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A charming stone metate standing upon a trio of bowed legs with the abstract head of a jaguar projecting from one side. The minimalis

Costa Rican Volcanic Stone Carved Effigy Atlantic Watershed Zone, Ca. 800 to 1400 AD. A carved gray volcanic stone figure, quite poetic, seated and with a curved spine and working in front of grinding

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone grinding platform known as a metate supported atop a quartet of thick feline legs. The rectangular vessel is flank

Costa Rican Tripod Bowl with Jaguar Ca. 500-1000 A.D. Size 8 inches wide, 6 3/4 inches high. Ex. Collection of Mary K. F. Leong, NJ and WA. acquired 1970s.

A Jaguar Effigy Metate. Stone. Costa Rica. 3 7/8" x 5 1/2" x 9 3/4". Condition: Wear from age and use. Provenance: From the Estate of Giraud V. Foster, Baltimore, Maryland.

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, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 1 to 800 CE. An impressively large, carved volcanic stone effigy metate with decorative flying panels, presenting a grand and nicely curved t

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Finely carved and string-cut, an axe-god celt in the form of an abstract bird effigy with avian beak and wings, twin tufts emerging from it

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed Region, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A fascinating mortar hand-carved from volcanic stone to present a deep bowl and abstract, relief decoration of an anthropomorp

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Finely carved and string-cut, an axe-god celt in the form of an abstract bird effigy with avian beak and wing