Sold2016Large Costa Rican Pottery OllaPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca 500 to 1200 CE. Large and near choice pottery olla. Redware jar with liberal firing clouds, on flat foot and flared rim. Size: 8" H. Provenance: Ex-Martin collection, AtSee Sold Price
Sold2017Large Costa Rican Pottery Olla**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 600 to 1200 CE. A lovely and highly-burnished russet-slip terracotta vessel with a rounded base, wide and bulbous sides, smootSee Sold Price
Sold2018Large Costa Rican Pottery Tripod VesselPre-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 pSee Sold Price
Sold2023Large Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery VesselPre-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 orangeSee Sold Price
Sold2017Large Costa Rican Brownware Pottery Spider-Legged JarPre-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 tSee Sold Price
Sold2020Large Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Jar**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a rotund form bearing intricate red and black motifs atop a cream ground. TheSee Sold Price
Sold2021Large Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Jar**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a rotund form bearing intricate red and black motifs atop a cream ground. TheSee Sold Price
Sold2017Large Mixtec Copper Bell & Costa Rican Pottery Ocarina**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 wSee Sold Price
Sold2017Large Mixtec Copper Bell & Costa Rican Pottery Ocarina**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 wSee Sold Price
Sold2022Costa Rican Pottery Bowl & Double Jar**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 doubleSee Sold Price
Sold2020Costa Rican Pottery Vessel - Bats and Monkeys**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 wonderfuSee Sold Price
Sold2016Pair of Costa Rican Pottery VesselsPre-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: 6See Sold Price
Sold2020Costa Rican Pottery Ocarina**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 1See Sold Price
Sold2016Pre-columbian Costa Rican OllaA large olla from Costa Rica, ca. 500 – 1000 AD. This fine La Selva example is 7-1/4” in diameter and is decorated with a broad band od geometric and linear designs incised into the highly burnishSee Sold Price
Sold2015Large Pre-Columbian Costa Rican figure.A large Pre-Columbian polychrome and pottery figure. Costa Rica. 26"h. Provenance: The Alvin M. Cohen Collection, Bethesda MD.See 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
Sold2023Costa Rican Olla, Bird Form, ex-Schmitt**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 withSee Sold Price
Sold2016Costa Rican Terracotta Incensario - Coati HeadPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A ceramic incensario of a fabulous form, resembling a large, globular, round bottomed olla with a petite animorphic head on one side, remSee Sold Price
Sold2015Pre-columbian Pottery Diquis OllaPre-columbian Olla from Costa Rica, ca. 1000-1400 A.D. Large round olla with two small figures on each side. notes:All lots will be sold with a COA guaranteeing the authenticity of the piece for a lifSee Sold Price
Sold2016Lovely Nicoya Polychrome Olla w/ CrocodilesCosta Rica, Nicoya Penninsula, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. Large and lovely pottery jar decorated in shades of brick red, orange/tan and black with upper register of twin crocodilians with long snouts, lowerSee Sold Price
Sold2016Large Costa Rican Owl metate, Guanacaste-NicoyaPre-Columbian Costa Rica - Guanacaste-Nicoya zone Period: Ca. 300 AD - 700 AD Size: 24.0" long x 10.25" wide x height 13.5 in Provenance: Ex-See Sold Price
Sold2017Large Costa Rican Brown Stone Mace Head - Bird FormPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca 600 to 1000 CE. A ceremonial avian mace head, hand-carved from a caramel brown stone with mesmerizing, large round eyes and a curved beak showing finely incised details,See Sold Price
Sold2022Costa Rican Pottery Tripod Vessel w/ BirdsPre-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 legsSee Sold Price
Sold2017Fine Costa Rican Pottery Rattling Janus Headed VesselPre-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 overallSee Sold Price
May 13BonhamsA POTTERY ZOOMORPHIC 'OWL' JAR AND COVER, A LARGE POTTERY FIGURE OF A DOG, A POTTERY MODEL OF AN...£1,000
1 day LeftTony Putty Artifacts4 1/4" Seated male figure drinking from cup. Ex-Burton/Teubner Estate.$27(2 bids)