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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Polychrome dish
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Polychrome dish

Maker Costa Rica, Nicoya Zone
Date1350-1550
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (1.9 x 16.5 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Saul A. Geronemus
Object numberC-73-105
Collections
DescriptionFiladelfia ware. Lunita variety. Small plate with slightly curved bottom, curving upwards at edge. Attachment areas evident for tripod legs, now broken off and missing. Black band aroundouter rim. Three black stripes around inner rim, panel ring of interlocking "I" geometric forms, three more black rings, anthropomorphic figure on bottom of dish, red with black outline, arms and legs upraised, single eye.
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