A COSTA RICAN JAGUAR VESSEL, Nicoya, Circa A.D. 1000-1500, on tripod legs, with arms extending to knees, the open-mouthed jaguar head enclosing a rattle, fangs and tongue exposed, perforations in tripod rattles at base and arms, finely painted overall in cream, orange and brown in a curvilinear pattern on smooth ceramic surface-11¼in. (28.5cm.) high