Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Effigy Vessel

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Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Effigy Vessel, Costa Rica, Guanacoste-Nicoya Zone, c. 500-800 A.D., the wide rimmed bowl with four bulbous legs and a stylized animal head at one end, an avian head at the other end, (the animal at a diagonal angle),painted with red and black geometric and floral devices on a buff ground, the inside bowl is red-brown, (surface loss),ht. 7 1/2, lg. 13 1/2 in.
Estimate $700-900

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