Fine Costa Rican Greenstone Axe God

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya regions, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A finely carved axe god with a celt-like blade, a raised squarish torso, string cut wings/beak, a visage comprised of close-set

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An axe god pendant (sometimes called a celt pendant) finely carved from a mottled greenstone of

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, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A hand-carved greenstone pendant in the form of an abstract axe god. The blade-shaped figure features a tapered lower edge beneath a broa

100% of the Buyer's Premium of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Gu

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A hand-carved greenstone axe god pendant of characteristically abstract form. The minimalist figure bears a t

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 $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, 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

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

3 5/8" Costa Rican Axe-god. Guanacaste-Nicoya region. Circa 1 AD to 500 AD. Pre-Columbian. Celt-like blade. Excellent patina on this highly polished blue veined green Jadeite. Pierced laterally at nec

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 1 to 500 CE. A light green to almost white hard-stone celt, carved in an abstract avian form of lovely proportions, embellished with a creste

Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Axe God Pendant, Anamorphic Carving in Unpolished Jade, Rigid Sharp Edges, Traces of Soil Deposits, Guanacaste Region Circa 650 AD, Dimensions: 3 1/8" X 1" - Pre Columbian Po

A Costa Rican Axe God, jade, ca. 200 -600 A.D., nicely veined. Suspension holes at shoulders. Dimensions: 4-7/16" H; Weight: 2.7 oz. Provenance: Ex. Private collection, Brooklyn, NY NOTE: This lot has

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 Stone Axe-God Pendant Guanacaste, Circa 500-1000 A.D. Length 5 1/2 inches (14 cm). Property from a New York Collection Provenance: Enrique Vargas, 1970s. [with inventory label nos. 38624

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A gorgeous example of an abstract axe god figure that is hand-carved from mottled pale green jadeite with dark green and s

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A superb jade axe god pendant carved in low relief from a stunning polished stone of white and grey hues, depicting an anthropomorphic figu

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 250 to 800 CE. An exceptional Costa Rican jade celt carved from a beautiful pale blue-green, somewhat translucent jade, expertly string cut with an intr

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Finely carved and string-cut, an axe-god celt in the form of an abstract bird effigy with avian beak and wings, twin tufts emerging from it

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A string-cut stone axe god figure of abstract avian form bearing a flared lower body, wings bulging out at the chest, and a sizable head wi

A Costa Rican Jade Axe-God Pendent Nicoya, Circa 500-1000 A.D. Height 2 3/16 inches (5.6 cm). Property from a New York Collection Provenance: Private Collection, New York. [with inventory label no. 34

Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Stone Axe God Pendant, Measurements: 2 1/4" L x 1" W

**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. Finely carved from a stone of pale green hues, an avian axe god, the lower section a nice celt for