Sold2023Costa Rican / Nicoya Pottery Vessels (pr)**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A pair of charming ceramic vessels, both with bulbous bodies and corseted necks. Wide, sloping mouths withSee Sold Price
Sold2022Costa Rican Pottery Tripod Rattle Vessels (pr)Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya, ca. 300 to 800 CE. A fabulous pair of pottery vessels, each displaying a bulbous body, a brief, narrow neck, and an annular rim, all sitting upon 3 tapered lSee Sold Price
Sold2024ANTIQUE COSTA RICA NOCOYA TROPHY HEAD POTTERY VESSELAn antique Pre Columbian manner Costa Rican Nicoya pottery vessel. The vessel is made in the form of a trophy head decorated with war paint and wearing an elaborate headdress that doubles as the flareSee Sold Price
Sold2024PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE NICOYA EFFIGY VESSELPre-Columbian style, Costa Rican, Nicoya - Guanacaste terracotta pottery effigy vessel with bands of polychrome painted decoration and tripod form, rattle legs, depicting a human on one side and an anSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Nicoya Polychrome CylinderPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, ca. 300 to 500 CE. An attractive pottery vessel presenting a minimalist, cylindrical form with an exterior adorned with the brSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Nicoya Vessel Zoomorphic FormPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An adorable pottery vessel in the form of a seated zoomorph adorned with black-on-red painted decoration of woven and geomSee Sold Price
Sold2022Pre-Columbian Ceramic Jaguar Effigy VesselPre 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 mSee 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
Sold2023Tall Costa Rican Nicoya Tripod Rattle Bowl**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya, ca. 300 to 800 CE. An elegant pottery tripod vessel comprised of a shallow bowl with a flared rim and a trio of tapered legs. ESee 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
Sold2015Costa Rican zoomorphic tripod, CE200-600.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.See Sold Price
2023Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Figural Vessel**Originally Listed At $700** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A sizable pottery vessel of spherical, round-bottomed formSee Sold Price
Sold2018Costa Rican Pottery Double Headed VesselPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya-Guanacaste region, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. An intriguing janus-headed bichrome pottery vessel finished in a cream slip with black painted details. The piece is comprisedSee Sold Price
Sold2023Pre Columbian Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Figural VesselGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV Ca. 300-500 AD. A wonderful rounded painted jar with shamanistic devices incorporating figures painted and molded in high relief to either side. GeometrSee 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
Sold2024Costa Rican Pottery Tripod Rattle Vessel w/ Lizards**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya area, ca. 600 to 1100 CE. An impressive pottery jar supported by 3 lizard effigy legs, each positioned withSee 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
Sold20193 Well Made Costa Rican Pottery Items3 Well Made Costa Rican Pottery Items - Tripod Base Vessel w/ Crab Motif, Armadillo Shaped Whistle, Female Figurine, All Are Nicoya Culture Style and Contemporary Art WorksSee Sold Price
Sold2023Pre Columbian Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery Painted Anthropomorphic UrnGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV Ca. 300-500 AD. Colorful terracotta vessel of somewhat corseted shape, flared base. Overall decorated with polychrome painted design on either side; inSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Polychrome Pottery UrnGreater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV Ca. 300-500 AD. Colorful terracotta vessel of somewhat corseted shape, flared base. Overall decorated with polychrome painted feather serpent design onSee Sold Price
Sold2023Ancient Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Figure c.500 to 700 AD.Ancient Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Figure c.500 to 700 AD. Size 7 3/8 inches high. A Costa Rican Nicoya hollow pottery figure, depicted seated on bench holding water jar. Provenance: EXSee Sold Price
Sold2023Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Double Headed Bird Ocarina**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya / Guanacaste, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A fantastical ocarina in the form of a double headed bird- the brownware surface incised with stippled patSee Sold Price
Sold20223 Costa Rican Pottery Vessels + 1 Maya Copador BowlPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1200 CE; El Salvador, Maya, Copador type, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A fine gathering of hand-built pottery vessels from El SalvadorSee Sold Price
Sold2023Ancient Pre Columbian Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Figure c.500 to 700 AD.Ancient Pre Columbian Csta Rican Nicoya Pottery Figure c.500 to 700 AD. Size 7 3/4 inches high. A Nicoya hollow pottery figure, decorated. Provenance: NY Lawyer collection 1970s-1980s.See Sold Price
Jun 16Palmyra Heritage GalleryAncient Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Nicoya Pottery Figures c.500 to 700 AD. (2).$10
Jun 16Palmyra Heritage GalleryAncient Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican Pottery Tripod Bowl c.500 to 700 AD. (2)$10
Jun 16Palmyra Heritage GalleryCosta Rican Polychrome Pottery Plate with Abstract Birds c.800-1350 AD.$10
Jun 16Palmyra Heritage GalleryPre Columbian, Costa Rican Guanacaste Nicoya Stone Mace Head c.1st-5th cent AD.$10
3 days LeftGlobal Auctions CompanyPre Columbian NICOYA Portrait Head Vessel Costa Rica, Guanacoste-Nicoya$350(1 bid)