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Shallow vessel; mouth diameter: 3 3/4 in.; incised geometric designs on inward sloping top half of body; bottom half plain; round bottom; red slip; twin lugs
Vessel
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Vessel

Artist Costa Rican Artist
DateProtoclassic Period (c. 100 BCE - 250 CE)
Place of originGuanacaste, Costa Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with red slip
Dimensions2 5/8 x 5 7/8 x 6 in. (6.7 x 14.9 x 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Rod McGalliard
Object number1995.28.169
Collections
Visual DescriptionShallow vessel; mouth diameter: 3 3/4 in.; incised geometric designs on inward sloping top half of body; bottom half plain; round bottom; red slip; twin lugs
La Selva phase; curridebot ware; burnished buff, orange inside neck; frog motif in incised and low relief. Small pot with spherical bottom, curving into wall - raised ridge at 1/2 height, curving inwards for top half, to raised neck with outward sloping rim. Brown ware with red slip - ring of inscribed dash marks below neck - 4 raised points, at quarters, along ridge, with inscribed chevron over each, over 2 of these, opposite, are raised triangular nubs with incised dash marks.
Legless pot
Costa Rican Artist
500-1200
Small Jar
Small Jar
Costa Rican Artist
undated
La Selva phase; Curridabot ware Small pot with raised base ring, flattened inside, wall rising with steep outward curve to 3/4 height, raised ridge around wall, inward sloping to flat, outward flare of rim. Brown ware with red slip - 3 evenly spaced oblong pellets of clay placed above ridge, flattened in middle with 2 vertical inscribed lines - inscribed lines in spaces in between making chevron pattern.
Small Pot
Costa Rican Artist
500-1200
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
Large jar with rounded bottom slightly flared footing ring. Wall rises with outward slope, ridge at 1/3 height, beginning to curve inwards, steeply at top to neck with slightly inward slope, rim with semi round ridge bordering below it. Red slip on majority of vessel, left uncovered on lower wall below ridge, small round indentions in ridge bordering rim.
Large jar
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Large globular jar with hemispherical bottom curving up into wall beginning to curve inwards at half height, raised ridge at 3/4 height forms angel break, inward slope of wall to raised neck with stepped rim 2 raised rings with notched below neck, another larger ring below stepped rim. grey ware with black slip figure head attached at angle break somewhat lopsided, modeled ears, large forehead, small donut eyes, pointy snout (possibly monkey) 3 small nubbins on the quadrants of angle breaks wi…
Large globular jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Globular jar with slightly rounded bottom, curving up into gradually rounded wall, angle break at 2/3 height with wall sloping inwards to raised rim with outward slope. grey ware with black slip, 4 nubbins attached to wall just above angle break in quadrants, opposites paired with one set a round nub with raised lateral crest ridge and slit at 1/2 height, other set is cylindrical numb ridges angled downward off sides.
Globular Jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
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 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.
Small Jar
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Globular jar
Globular jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Small rounded jar with short, conical tripod legs, rounded bottom, curving outwards into wall, curving inwards on top half, raised neck with outward flaring rim. Coarse red ware with red slip, attached animal head and tail on opposite sides - small nub ears with pointy snout, short wide tail, ring of oval pills attached to wall between head and tail.
Small Tripod Jar with Animal Head
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Small jar with rounded bottom curving up into wall, rounding inward at 1/2 height, inward curve to outward flaring rim - two small nubbins, situated opposite each other just below rim, each with 3 small indented holes in a line with another indented hole on either side of nubbin. Buffware with red slip - three pairs, evenly spaced, of painted vertical bands radiating from center of bottom up to rim.
Small Jar
Costa Rican Artist
undated

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