"Costa Rican Stream", Guy Hembling

Cesar Valverde Costa Rican 1928-1998 OIl on canvas. Signed Lower Left. Dated. 87. Artwork Measures 28 inches high x 34 inches wide + 2 1/2 inch frame.

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, 300 to 1000 CE. "Stunning" just does not convey how beautiful this stone mace head is. Carved hardstone with numerous colorful inclusions in a mostly black matrx in the form

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 1 to 800 CE. An incredible deep green jadeite mace head carved in highly abstract, anthropomorphic form. Drilling and string-cutting by ancient artisans

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An incredible jadeite pendant of an abstract form that features a central humanoid figure framed by 4 birds, wo

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Pacific Slope, ca. 900 to 1530 CE. One of the finest metates we have ever had the honor of handling, depicting a fierce jaguar with a large table/seat, expertly carved from

Cesar Valverde Costa Rican 1928-1998 oil on canvas. Untitled. Measures 18 inches high x 18 inches wide + 2 3/4 inch frame.

CAMPERINA CON REBOZZO, 1978, color pastel drawing on color paper, signed and dated lower right, 19 ½ x 27 ¾”, framed. Provenance: Tasende Gallery, La Jolla; Exhibited: Santa Barbara Museum of Art;

PEINANDOSE (cat. Vol IV, pg.817, addendum to work 707A), 1974, cast bronze sculpture with gold patina, signed and dated, numbered VIII/XXVIII, 10 ½” tall plus wood base, with a little compound resi

MUJERS CON REBOZOS, 1970, watercolor with color pastel, signed and dated lower right, 25 5/8 x 19 5/8” or 65 x 50cm, with studio pinholes in all four corners, in apparently good studio condition. Sp

A Costa Rican Jade Anthropomorphic Mace Head Diquis, Circa 600-900 A.D. Height 4 3/16 inches (10.7 cm). Property from a New York Collection Provenance: Emile Deletaille. [with inventory label no. 8445

**Originally Listed At $7500** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A jaguar effigy metate depicting the wild feline standing on all fours with a broad, slightly convex b

A Costa Rican White-Jade Snake and Monkey PendantCirca 500-1000 A.D.Height 6 7/8 inches (17.46 cm).Property from a New York Collection Provenance: Olman Gutierrez, New York, 1980s.

Costa Rican Serpent Shaman Mace (100-500 AD)Twin intertwining serpents create the headdress of the shaman depicted on this dehydrated blue jade mace. The two headed serpents interlock on the back of t

Costa Rican Jade Vulture Axe God Pendant (100-500 AD) This large jade celt depicts two vultures perched on the backs of monkeys, consuming their heads. The bodies of the birds also form two stargazer

Pre-Columbian Costa Rica - Guanacaste-Nicoya zone Period: Ca. 300 AD - 700 AD Size: 24.0" long x 10.25" wide x height 13.5 in Provenance: Ex-

A Costa Rican Jade Bat Plaque Circa 500-1000 A.D. Height 1 7/8 inches (4.8 cm). Property from a New York Collection Provenance: Acquired from Enrique Vargas Alfaro, 22 August 1984. Mr. Alfaro was the

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A hand-carved basalt stone jaguar effigy grinding platform known as a metate, supported atop a quartet of th

A Costa Rican Jade Figural PendantCirca 500-1000 A.D.Height 4 7/8 inches (12.38 cm). Provenance: Private Collection, Atlanta, Georgia. Jeffrey Norris (b. 1955), Georgia, acquired from the above in the

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.

MUJER, 1971, pastel drawing on paper, signed and dated lower right, 19 ¾ x 25 ¼”, framed, some mild discoloration at extreme upper sheet edge, otherwise in apparently good condition. Provenance: B

**Originally Listed At $2000** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 250 to 800 CE. Wow! An incredible jadeite celt, intricately carved and string-cut with three figures: an expressive, pe

Francisco Amighetti, (Costa Rican, 1907-1998), El Nino y la Nube, 1969, woodcut, titled in pencil lower left, signed and dated lower right, 23.5" x 14".

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 Jade Bird Pendant Nicoya, Circa 500-1000 A.D. Height 6 3/16 inches (15.7 cm). Property from a New York Collection Provenance: Robert Stroessner, Colorado. Michael Robins, New Mexico. [wi