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Place of Origin: Costa Rican
Pair of Costa Rican Terracotta Ovoid Bowls
Pair of Costa Rican Terracotta Ovoid Bowls

Pair of Costa Rican Terracotta Ovoid Bowls

$2,070Sale Price / set|40% Off

Pair of Costa Rican Terracotta Ovoid Bowls

Located in London, GB

This beautiful and highly decorative pair of Costa Rican terracotta bowls are ovoid in shape and come from the Talamancan Mountains region. They are decorated stylized human faces in...

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15th Century and Earlier Antique Costa Rican Folk Art

Materials

Clay

Published Polychromed Rattling Tripod Bowl - Guanacaste, Costa Rica (600-900 AD)
Published Polychromed Rattling Tripod Bowl - Guanacaste, Costa Rica (600-900 AD)

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

15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Costa Rican Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

Published Papagayo Polychromed Rattling Tripod Bowl, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Published Papagayo Polychromed Rattling Tripod Bowl, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Published Papagayo Polychromed Rattling Tripod Bowl, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon

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 jagu...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Costa Rican Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

An Anthropomorphic Celt Axe God Pendant
An Anthropomorphic Celt Axe God Pendant

An Anthropomorphic Celt Axe God Pendant

Located in Amsterdam, NL

Central-America, Costa-Rica, Pre-Columbian Jadeite and other greenstones were utilized in a diverse array of items that served as symbols of social and political power. Among the mo...

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15th Century and Earlier Antique Costa Rican Folk Art

Materials

Stone

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Peter Shire Exp Signed Hand Painted Modern Large Ceramic Pottery Bowl
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Located in Studio City, CA

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Bronze Head of an Oba, Yoruba People, 1950s
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H 11.03 in W 3.94 in D 4.73 in

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By Yoruba People

Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

A Benin bronze of an Oba. Oba means ruler in the Yoruba language. Wearing a lattice-pattern cap with strands of beads suspended around the head. The neck is bound with a lattice-patt...

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Antique French Woven Wire Basket, circa 1900
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Charming handcrafted Provincial French woven wire work basket, circa 1900. A well-executed nicely shaped 'pannier' with moveable handles and decorative loop...

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Pair West African Incised Iron and Copper Axe Form Currency Pieces Custom Mounts
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Located in Point Richmond, CA

A pair of West African incised iron and copper wire axe form currency pieces or may have used as dance wands. On custom mounts. In the form of a ritual axe, which in many parts of A...

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