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

Polychrome Bowl

Maker Costa Rica, Nicoya Zone
Date1200-1550
Made/manufacturedNorth 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
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
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
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