Rare / authentic Costa Rican Jaguar Urn
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A rare and authentic Pre-Columbian Costa Rican Jaguar Urn
Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica.
Ca. 1200-1400 A.D.
Size: 11" H.
A highly decorated, polychrome pottery vessel in the form of a crouching jaguar with loop arms and paws resting on knees. Open toothy mouth, openwork tail support, rattles incorporated in the legs. Painted ocher-cream ground with elaborate black and red-orange zoomorphic and geometric decoration. Mineral deposits on the surface. Two minor stable hairlines from the rim.
Provenance: The Estate of Wallace Katz, NYC.
Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica.
Ca. 1200-1400 A.D.
Size: 11" H.
A highly decorated, polychrome pottery vessel in the form of a crouching jaguar with loop arms and paws resting on knees. Open toothy mouth, openwork tail support, rattles incorporated in the legs. Painted ocher-cream ground with elaborate black and red-orange zoomorphic and geometric decoration. Mineral deposits on the surface. Two minor stable hairlines from the rim.
Provenance: The Estate of Wallace Katz, NYC.
Condition
Two minor stable hairlines from the rim.
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Rare / authentic Costa Rican Jaguar Urn
Estimate $5,000 - $7,000
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