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Footed jar with effigy
Footed jar with effigy
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Footed jar with effigy

Artist Costa Rican Artist
Date1200-1550
Place of originNicoya, Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions14 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (37.5 x 23.5 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Saul A. Geronemus
Object numberC-73-91
Collections
Visual DescriptionPataky Polychrome
Footed jar
Footed jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Footed jar with figure head
Footed jar with figure head
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Large jar with round bottom supported by large footing ring with flaring base. bottom curves up to wall, slightly ridges of angel break wall rises up then curves inward (pear shaped) to tall neck with slightly outward flare. Effigy face with raised eyes, nose, and ear loops, puffed cheeks and forehead. Numerous bands and small panels in red and black, including stepped grec design and other geometric forms along neck, lower wall and foot effigy face highlighted with black and red features, swe…
Footed jar with effigy
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Globular effigy jar
Globular effigy jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Globular jar with hemispherical bottom, supported by large conical tripod legs with rattles and small firing slits, bottom joins into spherical wall with short raised rim larger effigy face on side of wall raised loops for ears small nubbins for mouth and nose indented circular rings for eyes.
Globular tripod jar with effigy
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Large jar with rounded bottom supported by large footing ring with flared base, bottom rounds up into wall with raised ring at 1/4 height, wall rises with shallow inward curve into long neck with slightly flared rim attached animal head with forehead crest and small pointy snout; several rings and panel bands around neck with geometric forms and panel of entwined serpent motif, wall divided into three sections by vertical black bands, ring of stepped grec motif around bottom with bands of red an…
Footed Jar with Figure Head
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1522
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
1200-1550
Nicoya polychrome jar with rounded bottom supported by large conical tripod legs, curves steeply into wall and upwards to tall neck with slight outward slope, attached animal head at base of neck, rounded ears, pointy snout.
Tripod Jar with Figure Head
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
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
Costa Rican Artist
1350-1550
Footed pot
Footed pot
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Footed Bowl
Footed Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
800-1200
Rounded bowl with 1' raised footing ring sloping outward from attachment point to edge. Bottom of bowl rounds up into wall to 1/3 height wall becomes straight with slight outward slope. Rim flares sharply outward, divided into rounded crenellations
Footed Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
800-1200

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