Lot of 3 Costa Rican Terracotta Stamp Seals

**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. A set of three hand-built terracotta stamp seals of varying sizes and shapes. The smallest stamp has a petite conical handle and a circular face bearing a five-pointed star in low relief. The second seal is a cylindrical roller seal with pierced openings and incised linear and geometric motifs on the exterior surface. The largest seal has a thick handle, a gradually-expanding shoulder, and an oblong stamp face bearing an abstract series of incised curvilinear forms. Size of largest (oblong face): 2.25" W x 1.875" H (5.7 cm x 4.8 cm).

Provenance: private Los Angeles County, California, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection

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#133870
Condition Report: Largest seal has small losses to peripheries. All items have surface wear and minor abrasions commensurate with age and use, small nicks to exterior surfaces, and minor fading to stamp imagery. Light earthen deposits throughout.