**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 600 to 1200 CE. A lovely pair of hand-built earthenware vessels from the ancients of Costa Rica. First, a bichrome terracotta globular jar with a flared rim and six applied zoomorphs - perhaps fish and birds - adorning the shoulder beneath a painted red fretted pattern, the rim and lower section also painted in red slip. Accompanying this piece is a round-bottomed vessel with a jagged lower border beneath the wide register which is incised with textile-inspired decorative panels. Lucite ring in photo not included. Size: Vessel with zoomorphs measures 7.25" W x 5" H (18.4 cm x 12.7 cm)

Provenance: Whisnant Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, acquired over twenty years ago

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#123066

Zoomorph decorated vessel repaired from multiple pieces. Incised vessel with losses to rim, upper wall, jagged ridge, and lower section as shown. Both with expected surface wear commensurate with age.