Lot 21
  • 21

Two Costa Rican polychrome vessels with shell motifs, Guanacaste- Nicoya region, Period VI, ca. A.D. 1000-1500

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • clay
each on low pedestal foot, with rows of stylized conch shells, the smaller one with mythical bird-men in the field. 

Condition

smaller jar good, some areas worn, section approc. 3 in wide of pedestal foot restored, . Larger jar, overall v good, some scratches to surface.
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