TWO TAIRONA FIGURAL VESSELS.Circa 1000-1500 A.D. Decorated with two Tairona animal effigies. Together with GUERRERO MEZCALA STONE FIGURES: Carved in green speckled stone, one depicting a standing human, another an animal; together with thirteen pieces of pre-Columbian pottery fragments. CHIMU BLACKWARE VESSEL: Decorated with a man face at the filling spout and a jaguar with human face on the body; together with another pre-Columbian pottery vessel with jaguar effigy. COLIMA DOG VESSEL: With toothy grin and a large bowl on its back; together with another pre-Columbian figural vessel depicting a monkey effigy.
COSTA RICAN ALABASTER STONE: From Brunka or Huetar Tribe; together with a pre-Columbian stone pipe with bird effigy. - Largest: 12 in. high. Estimate $200-400
PROVENANCE: Sycamore Farm, Portsmouth, VA, the large estate of Robert Vick and Charles Sibley
