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Bowl (Copador ware?)
Bowl (Copador ware?)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Bowl (Copador ware?)

Maker Guatemalan Artist
Date250-900
MediumClay, red on orange slip
Dimensions4 3/8 × 6 × 6 in. (11.1 × 15.2 × 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of John F. and Lynn T. Scott
Object number2018.52.2
Collections
Visual Descriptioncurved bowl with painted scene of 3 seated men in profile; breakage on top and cracks but otherwise stable
Small pot with rounded bottom, supported by small conical tripod legs, curving up into wall, curving inward at 1/3 height, tall neck with appliquéd head, small mouth with outward flaring rim; red-brown ware with red slip, zoomorphic head applied to neck, upturned duckbill snout. wide spaced circular pill eyes with stamped concentric circles, ear nubs, upraised arms with hands at ears, necklace and fringed headdress with hair section in back.
Effigy Bottle with Cayman God
Costa Rican Artist
100 BCE-1300 CE
Small elliptical jar, bean shaped, with flattened base are, rounding into outward curving walls, curving sharply inwards at 3/4 height to cover top circular mouth opening at one side of top with raised rim with outward flare. Handle loop attached vertically to far side of rim and upper wall. Brown ware with orange-brown slip. Applied face on upper side opposite opening, curved ridges for ears, large curved eyebrows meeting at raised circular nose, coffee bean eyes and mouth. Incised squiggly li…
Small elliptical effigy jar
Nicaraguan Artist
1000-1550
Small rounded bowl with small base, slightly concave wall rises in low outward arc, with a small inward rounding at rim. 4 closely spaced rings of applied clay pills making regular dot pattern on wall surface. Interior smooth, slightly convex at bottom
Bowl with Applied Band
Quiché Maya Artist
1200-1500
Small round bowl with short raised ring for support base, interior of ring sloped to bowl, rounded wall with outward slope to rim, raised ridge two thirds up, sharp break of angle underneath, gradual slope on top, rounded rim, smooth rounded interior; brown ware with red slip on exterior, band of red pigment around interior rim, red painted figure of animal, probably a bird, on interior bottom - swirling arcs of feathers and/or claws.
Bowl with Dragon Image
Costa Rican Artist
700-1522
Deep dish with rounded bottom, supported by long tripod legs, fire holes on each side of leg, with ends flattened and turned upwards to form curled snouts. Angle break from base, wall rises vertical, flaring outwards on top half to rim. Orange red slip on entire surface, legs blackened from oxidation.
Dish with Animal head, tripod legs
Quiché Maya Artist
950-1200
Small jar with small flattened area on otherwise rounded bottom, curving up to outward sloping wall, raised ridge at angle break - 1/2 height inward slope to small raised rim with slight outward flare, three conical nubbins, evenly spaced, on upper wall. Brown ware with red slip.
Small Jar
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Miniature bowl with wide round base, evenly curved outward wall to half height, inward curve to rim. Brown ware with red slip.
Miniature Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Cup with outward flaring base ring, wide saucer-like bottom gently curved on underside, flat on top - horizontal ring of 3/4" to wall of cup with gradual outward slope, wide flare of rim, small notched pattern in lower edge of rim, interior smooth with rounded bottom; brown ware with red slip, large modeled animal head attached to rim, hollow with rattle, small nub ear, incised face pattern, open mouth, bulbous nose with poked hole to make small cup, panel if inscribed weave pattern with line bo…
Footed Cup
Costa Rican Artist
1-300
Late Polychrome Period, orange on buff. Small rounded bowl with 1" tall base ring, flaring outward, rounded concave underneath - wall slopes outward, slightly rounded, with outward flare of rim, angled downward - one small nubbin on side beneath rim. Rim divided into 6 even sections by 3 groups of incised parallel lines, separated by blank sections. Brown ware with red slip.
Footed Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1525
Head
Head
Guatemalan Artist
450-750
Guinea engraved, orange brown ware; small pot with spherical bottom supported on a raised footed ring flaring out at bottom with rounded edge, wall curves outward to 1/2 height large raised ridge, wall indents inward, runs up with slight inward slope, flat outward facing ring; brown ware with red slip, incised rings on rim with clusters of four vertical lines at edge, small incised notched around rim and ridge, two panels on upper walls, bordered with incised lines with angular "S" pattern, foot…
Small Footed Pot
Costa Rican Artist
300-500
Small bowl with slightly rounded bottom, rounded walls sloping outwards, bottom half, inwards top. Small outward flare of rim. Wall is divided into numerous vertical lobes by indented vertical bands running from base to rim. Interior is smooth and round. Ceramic with orange slip
Small Bowl
Quiché Maya Artist
1200-1500

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