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

Small Footed Pot

Artist Costa Rican Artist
Date300-500
Place of originCentral Highlands, Costa Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with orange slip
Dimensions2 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (5.7 x 10.8 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Seymour Rosenberg
Object numberC-86-64
Collections
Visual DescriptionGuinea 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, footing has four pierced holes with incised "S" patterns in between with vertical lines around circle
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Small Pot
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Small Jar with Attached Figure
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Bowl with Dragon Image
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Tripod Bowl with Bat Head Legs
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Small globular jar with wide rounded bottom - wall curves outward to 1/2 height, slopes inward to rim - raised rim with outward flare - two small conical nubbins placed opposite on wall just above 1/2 height. Brown ware with red slip - traces of black pigment on bottom - vertical lines radiating from center of bottom to ring at half height.
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undated

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