Nicoya Polychrome Tripod Vessel, ex Sotheby's

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A beautiful polychrome tripod vessel comprised of a deep bowl supported by three hollow sculpted anthropomorphic heads with painted details in add

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica to Nicaragua, Gunacaste, ca. 750 to 1000 CE. Important seated pottery female painted in vibrant geometric patterns, holding her hands to her hips with truncated legs and ampl

Description: Large Pre-Columbian Costa Rica Nicoya Culture Polychrome Tripod Effigy Pottery Vessel. Type / Medium: Tempered terracotta pottery effigy jar / vessel. Decoration: Very nice polychrome ves

A nice Nicoya polychrome bowl from Costa Rica, ca. 1000 - 1350 AD. This fine Papagayo Variety tripod vessel is 7-1/2 in in diameter and stands on a trio of nicely detailed human heads with raised eyes

Pre-Columbian, northwestern Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya, Middle / Late Polychrome periods, ca. 800 to 1550 CE. A beautiful, highly-burnished tripod vessel comprised of three abstract zoomorphic fe

Pre-Columbian, northwestern Costa Rica, Middle / Late Polychrome periods in Guanacaste / Nicoya, ca. 800 to 1550 CE. A striking, rare style of tripod vessel, composed of an ornately-decorated, tall-si

Pre Columbian Nicoya Bird Effigy Ceramic Tripod Vessel 9.5''x7.5''. Impressive polychrome decorated vessel with figural bird head effigy. One foot has been reconstructed. 1000 to 1500AD, Costa Rica.

Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, Daunian, early Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE. A beautiful vessel comprised of conjoined twin chambers, of globular forms with flared rims and pl

Pre-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 an

N.E. Thailand, c. 12th century. Very rare large Khmer brown and straw glazed stoneware vessel. This piece sold at Sotheby's, NYC Indian and S.E. Asian sale #6440, June 7, 1993 for $7400.00. Ex Sotheby

Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, Guatemala, Ulua Valley, Classic Period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A beautiful pottery tripod vessel displaying a flat, circular base and thick wall that gently slant outwards

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya Peninsula, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Tall and vibrantly decorated footed jar with central band of abstract zoomorphic creatures, with 6 additional bands with rope patterns

A PRE-COLUMBIAN POLYCHROME TRIPOD VESSEL, POSSIBLY TEOTIHUACAN, 200 A.D.- 500 A.D., the thin walled, slightly flaring vessel raised on three incised open work feet, with two painted registers, both wi

A fine Nicoya polychrome tripod plate from Costa Rica, ca. 1200 – 1500 AD. This Jicote type from the Guanacaste area is 8-1/4 in in diameter and stands on a trio of stylized peccary heads which cont

Pre-Columbian Mayan Terra Cotta Polychrome Tripod Vessel. Measures 10 5/8" x 4 1/4". One of the feet has been repaired. Please carefully read our terms of sale, shipping information, and request any c

Pre-Columbian, modern day Costa Rica, Nicoya, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. This is a painted tripod pottery bowl with jaguar heads as the legs. The paint is red and black, and on the exterior and the interior

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A wonderful pottery rattle jar presenting a spherical body that narrows to an annular rim, all

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan area, Tarascan culture, ca. 1350 to 1521 CE. A bright, cheerful tripod vessel with a cross-hatched, unpainted "grater" in tondo. Aro

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This brilliant vermillion pottery vessel is in the form of a wide, voluminous squash with a body that is stylistically segmented with smooth, fine ve

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Egypt, Early Dynastic Period, 1st to 2nd Dynasty, ca. 3150 to 2686 BCE. A gorgeous vase of a slender form that is hand-carved from alabaster - a cylindrical form with

A group of two Nicoya Tripod Vessels with animal figure legs and geometric designs. Pottery, pigment. 900 to 1400 CE. Costa Rica. Smallest: 5 5/8" x 9 1/4". Largest: 7 1/2" x 6". Condition: Abrasions,

**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Michoacan area, Tarascan culture, ca. 1350 to 1521 CE. A fine group of hand-built miniature ceramic tripod bowls with conical legs, wide bo

Pre-Columbian, Maya territories, Ulua Valley Honduras, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. Wow! A wonderful polychrome tripod vessel from the Maya of Ulua Valley, the body skillfully decorated with three

**Originally Listed At $75** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, Colima, or Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A pair of handbuilt West Mexican potteries including a polychrome tripod vessel of a squat