Maya / Costa Rican Jade & Greenstone Zoomorphic Amulets

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mexico to Costa Rica, Maya Territories & Atlantic Watershed / Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 100 to 1500 CE. A collection of jadeite and greenstone pendant effigy bead

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Finely carved and string cut from a stunning piece of jade, a zoomorphic creature - perhaps representing a monkey or even an ott

**Originally Listed At $1000** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 800 CE. A wonderful trio of hand-carved and meticulously polished celt pendants - the short light green example ca

Circa 3rd-6th century A.D. A jade frog pendant or amulet with stylised anatomical detailing and bulging eyes to one face; two perforations for suspension. See Abel-Vidor, S., Between Continents, Betwe

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved greenstone mace head depicting an abstract zoomorphic creature, perhaps a

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 250 to 800 CE. A lovely pair of avian axe god celt pendants - the lighter green celt finely carved from jade, t

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A gorgeous necklace strung with dozens of ancient greenstone disc beads, 6 high quality gold beads, and a jade pendant. The strand co

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An axe god pendant finely carved from a mottled greenstone of sage green hues with white inclusions, depicting an avian/anthro

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A seafoam green jade axe god carved and string cut to represent an abstract zoomorphic form with two part

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An enigmatic standing figure, hand-carved from a mottled pale-green stone with beige and dark inclusions. The form is tapered

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Finely carved and string cut from beautiful jade of mottled seafoam green hues, an axe god representing two animals - an abstract bird form when viewed on

**Originally Listed At $200** Central America, Costa Rica, ca. mid 20th century CE. A charming flat pendant made from greenstone with darker red tones naturally in the stone, used by the artist to cre

Includes a 14kt gold mounted carved mixtec jade figural pendant with closed arms, circa 800 AD, stamped, "14k" verso; a 14kt gold mounted Costa Rican carved green stone Avian pendant, circa

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, 300 to 1000 CE. "Stunning" just does not convey how beautiful this stone mace head is. Carved hardstone with numerous colorful inclusions in a mostly black matrx in the form

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 1 to 800 CE. An incredible deep green jadeite mace head carved in highly abstract, anthropomorphic form. Drilling and string-cutting by ancient artisans

A Costa Rican Jade Anthropomorphic Mace Head Diquis, Circa 600-900 A.D. Height 4 3/16 inches (10.7 cm). Property from a New York Collection Provenance: Emile Deletaille. [with inventory label no. 8445

Costa Rican Serpent Shaman Mace (100-500 AD)Twin intertwining serpents create the headdress of the shaman depicted on this dehydrated blue jade mace. The two headed serpents interlock on the back of t

Costa Rican Jade Vulture Axe God Pendant (100-500 AD) This large jade celt depicts two vultures perched on the backs of monkeys, consuming their heads. The bodies of the birds also form two stargazer

A Costa Rican Jade Bat Plaque Circa 500-1000 A.D. Height 1 7/8 inches (4.8 cm). Property from a New York Collection Provenance: Acquired from Enrique Vargas Alfaro, 22 August 1984. Mr. Alfaro was the

A Costa Rican Jade Figural PendantCirca 500-1000 A.D.Height 4 7/8 inches (12.38 cm). Provenance: Private Collection, Atlanta, Georgia. Jeffrey Norris (b. 1955), Georgia, acquired from the above in the

A tripod pottery vessel in stylized zoomorphic figure. Costa Rica, Guana Caste /Nicoya, CE200-600. 12"h x 4 1/2"d. Provenance: The Alvin M. Cohen Collection, Bethesda MD.

**Originally Listed At $2000** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 250 to 800 CE. Wow! An incredible jadeite celt, intricately carved and string-cut with three figures: an expressive, pe

Costa Rican Jade Axe God Pendant (100-500 AD) The long history of Jade carving in Costa Rica is seen in this in their detailed Axe God Pendants. For over 1400 years, beginning in 500 BC, the people of

A Costa Rican Jade Bird Pendant Nicoya, Circa 500-1000 A.D. Height 6 3/16 inches (15.7 cm). Property from a New York Collection Provenance: Robert Stroessner, Colorado. Michael Robins, New Mexico. [wi