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Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A set of 3 hand-built pottery jars from ancient The first jar has red circles around the round but stable body. The second has an open bottom as well as a perforated suspension tab on the verso. The largest vessel features an abstract feline figure on one side with an arm that acts as the vessel's handle. Size of largest: 2.125" W x 4.2" H (5.4 cm x 10.7 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-prominent lawyer Stanley L. Kaufman collection (d. 1993)

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#178337

  • Condition: Small chips to spherical jar and largest vessel; open-bottomed vessel is intact. Each piece has light abrasions, minor earthen deposits, and fading to pigment in some areas. Nice preservation to decorative motifs.

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