Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A breathtaking Costa Rican jade globular vessel, of breathtaking seafoam green hues and a sweet petite scale, with a lid that fits seamlessly to the lower section, so much so that some of the vein patterns continue from lid to container. The lid and rim are perforated on two opposite sides for fastening and/or suspension. Size: 1.625" in diameter x 1.125" H (4.1 cm x 2.9 cm)

Costa Rica, along with Mesoamerica, is one of the two regions where jade was extensively carved in the Pre-Columbian world. The earliest example of worked jade, a pendant excavated from a burial site on the Nicoya Peninsula, dated to the mid-first millennium BCE. It appears that jade continued to be carved into personal ornaments, usually depicting animals such as birds, monkey, or frogs, until approximately 700 CE when gold became the favored material to fashion such ornaments. Vessels like this example seem to be more unusual.

Provenance: private Vaught collection, Atlanta, Georgia USA

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