Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6

Published Papagayo Polychromed Rattling Tripod Bowl, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

About the Item

Papagayo polychrome pottery bowl, Mandador variety. Round bottomed bowl rests on three animal headed rattle legs. Exterior painted wide band with two stylized plumed serpents of jaguars with short snouts. Each panel is framed in black, separated by a painted square in square decorative element. Areas of strong root marks on the surface. Three large original pieces reattached in the side with restoration over the breaklines and a few restored surface and rim chips. Guanacaste/Nicoya Zona, Costa Rica Period V-VI, Ca. 500 to 1200 A.D. Provenance: Ex. Arthur M. Sackler collection, acquired about 1970, accession #N-1040. Published: Art of Costa Rica, Pre-Columbian Painted and Sculpted Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, page 149, item 72, full page illustration. Every piece comes backed with our in-house guarantee of quality and authenticity. Measures: Diameter 6-1/4".
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 3.75 in (9.53 cm)Diameter: 6.25 in (15.88 cm)
  • Style:
    Pre-Columbian (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Pottery,Polychromed
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    500-1200 AD
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    San Pedro Garza Garcia, MX
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: CA-0361stDibs: LU3172310921731
More From This SellerView All
  • Published Polychromed Rattling Tripod Bowl - Guanacaste, Costa Rica (600-900 AD)
    Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
    Birmania polychrome pottery tripod bowl having hollow rattle, zoomorphic head type feet. Interior painted decoration probably depicts a stylized alligator ...
    Category

    Antique 15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Pre-Columbian Antiquities

    Materials

    Pottery

  • Published Pre-Columbian Chancay Gauze Panel with Zoomorphs, Ex-Kate Kemper
    Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
    A white gauze, triangular panel decorated with a wide band composed of four zoomorphs with curled tails. Upper and lower border having a geometric pattern with upper triangular portion with zoomorphs. Overall excellent condition. Kate Kemper, of London and Switzerland (1908-2004) was an early collector of Andean art, forming an important collection of ceramics and textiles after...
    Category

    Antique 15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antiquities

  • Masterpiece Complete Chimu Shirt with Feathered Motif
    Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
    An intact shirt with motif of rows of feathers in several shades of mustard yellow on a red ground, depicted as they would have been attached in rows in an actual feather textile.
    Category

    Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antiquities

    Materials

    Textile

  • Rare Pre-Columbian Inca Silver Mask with Gold Sequins
    Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
    A rare, sheet silver human face mask with simple relief facial features including large, almond shaped eyes and downturned mouth. Classic stepped pyramid headdress with round, very t...
    Category

    Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antiquities

    Materials

    Silver

  • Pre-Columbian Funerary Gold Mask with Royal Turquoise Beads in its Eyes
    Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
    A high karat heavy sheet gold human face mask with large almond-shaped eyes and recessed pierced pupils. Multiple small perforations along the upper and lower edges for attachment. L...
    Category

    Antique 15th Century and Earlier Ecuadorean Pre-Columbian Antiquities

    Materials

    Gold

  • Pre-Columbian Rare Gold Veraguas/Diquis Supernatural Drummer Pink Tourmaline
    Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
    Natural pink tourmaline necklace (167 gms) with rare gold Veraguas/Diquis supernatural drummer. Very fine example of ancient, Precolumbian goldwork form Central America, either Costa Rica or Panama. 111 grams of blush pink gold made with “lost wax” technique. The music he plays is not for entertainment, but rather to create magic, casting a spell or summoning other supernatural beings. Healing was the most important function of shamans, both the mortal and the immortal kind. Such a magical pendant...
    Category

    Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antiquities

    Materials

    Gold

You May Also Like
  • Rustic Large Folk Art Swedish Wood Bowl
    Located in Farsta, SE
    A big beautiful wooden bowl from 1900-century. It has a light soft color and a smooth surface, at one time long ago small house-mices has eaten a way on the side. This ads character...
    Category

    Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antiquities

    Materials

    Birch

  • Maya Polychrome Copador Bowl
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Exhibiting a rich patina, this petite Maya ceramic bowl dating back to c. 600-900 AD was crafted in the El Copador style. The El Copador style is a polych...
    Category

    Antique 15th Century and Earlier Salvadoran Pre-Columbian Decorative Bowls

    Materials

    Ceramic

  • Chinese Bent Handle Fisherman's Basket, circa 1900
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket becomes a truly beautiful statement. The artisan’s mastery is evident in thi...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets

    Materials

    Fabric, Wood, Willow

  • 19th C Buttock Baskets from Pennsylvania, Pair
    Located in Los Angeles, CA
    19th C buttock baskets from Pennsylvania - pair rounded square basket measures -12.5 x 16 x 11.5 Smaller buttocks basket measures - 14 x 13 x 12.
    Category

    Antique 19th Century American Country Decorative Baskets

    Materials

    Hemp

  • DeSimone Hand Painted 'Happy Grape Lady' Italian Ceramic Square Heavy Deep Dish
    By DeSimone
    Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
    DeSimone of Italy, 'Happy Grape Lady' is typical of DeSimone's colorful and playful art. This bowl is weighty, deep and square - a most unusual piece for ...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Italian Decorative Bowls

    Materials

    Ceramic

  • Chinese Bent Handle Fisherman's Basket, circa 1900
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket can become a truly beautiful work of art. This bent handle basket was made i...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets

    Materials

    Bentwood, Willow

Recently Viewed

View All