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Bowl with rounded bottom curving up into wall, rounding inward at 1/3 height to straight wall with inward slope to rim; upper wall sectioned into panels with black bands around rim and shoulder, panels have biangular motifs surrounded by dots with horizontal hatch marks on side, four large bands of red section bottom into quadrants
Polychrome Bowl
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Polychrome Bowl

Artist Costa Rican Artist
Date1200-1550
Place of originNicoya, Costa Rica, North and Central America
MediumCermic with pigments
Dimensions2 5/8 x 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (6.7 x 18.1 x 18.1 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Object numberC-74-64
Collections
Visual DescriptionBowl with rounded bottom curving up into wall, rounding inward at 1/3 height to straight wall with inward slope to rim; upper wall sectioned into panels with black bands around rim and shoulder, panels have biangular motifs surrounded by dots with horizontal hatch marks on side, four large bands of red section bottom into quadrants
Bowl with rounded bottom, curving up into wall, rounding inward on upper half to rim. Red band around rim, three black rings above and below panel ring, separated into three sections by red horizontal bands. Panels have squares of "solar cross" motif. Circle in center, surrounded by dots with semicircles in corners.
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Small Polychrome Jar
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Large jar with rounded bottom supported by footing ring with flaring base. Bottom rounds up into wall with raised ring near bottom, rounding smoothly inward on upper wall to long neck with flaring rim. Attached animal head at bottom of neck, perhaps doglike, with rounded ears, pointy snout and large mouth, tongue looping down to wall. Panels of geometric forms and stepped motif around neck. Wall divided into 4 sections by vertical black bands, black and red bands around bottom and footing, at…
Footed Jar with Figure head
Costa Rican Artist
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Polychrome Jar with Spider Monkeys
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Small globular jar
Chorotegan Artist
1200-1550
Polychrome bowl
Polychrome bowl
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300-500
Boruca phase; black on white ware, alligator painted motif Small bowl with flat bottom - wall rises with outward slope to 2/3 height - uneven angle break around surface with wall curving inward to thick, rounded rim - interior smooth with flattened bottom. Buff ware with black band around rim and angle break evenly spaced vertical lines connecting the two - spaces filled with alternating broad vertical black bands and large dots.
Small Bowl
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Small bowl with wide rounded bottom, wall rises with an inward slope, rounding outward to flaring rim. Burnished polychrome depiction (sideways) of feline head with long arrow-tongue, rectangular body extending along bottom of wall feet and legs spread out behind, panels of arrows fill wall over body.
Polychrome bowl with agricultural deity
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Small globular jar with broad rounded bottom, rounding up into wall, curving inward a low slope on upper half to narrow mouth with raised flared ring. Two animal figures, on opposite sides with raised chest area, small nubbins for hands, and spherical attached hands slightly pinched for nose.
Globular jar with double effigies
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Bowl with gradually rounded bottom supported by thick, conical tripod legs, firing slits in sides with rattles contained. Wall slopes inward from base to one-third of height, then straight up to rounded rim. Animal head attached to side, large pellet eyes, raised brow ridges around eyes, pointy snout, possibly turtle or reptile. Inscribed band of panels around straight section of wall. Two panels of diamond patterns, alternate diamonds cross-hatched with more diamonds, panels separated by series…
Tripod Bowl with Head
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