Lot 34

Chupicuaro & Costa Rican Redware Tripod Vessels

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Chupicuaro & Costa Rican Redware Tripod Vessels

Estimate: $700 - $1,050

Starting Bid: $350

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by Artemis Fine Arts
June 5, 2026 9:00 AM MDT
Live Auction
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Suite 108
Louisville, CO, US 80027

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 500 BCE to 300 CE; Mesoamerica, Costa Rica, ca. 100 BCE to 500 CE. A complementary pair of pre-Columbian redware tripod vessels comprising a large shallow Chupicuaro bowl on hollow rattle legs with a lobed undulating rim and deep burnished red slip, accompanied by a smaller Costa Rican cup-form vessel on loop feet encircled by a lively band of applied pellet-and-scroll ornament, the two together spanning the ancient ceramic traditions of highland Guanajuato and the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Size of largest: 7.4" Diameter x 3.3" H (18.8 cm x 8.4 cm)

Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005

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Item # 202394

  • Condition: Good. Both have some surface wear with nicks and abrasions commensurate with age. Otherwise, both intact and excellent with impressive remaining detail.

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$300 $999 $50
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$100,000 $199,999 $10,000
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