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

Polychrome Bowl

Artist Costa Rican Artist
Date1350-1550
Place of originNicoya, Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions4 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (11.4 x 18.4 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Saul A. Geronemus
Object numberC-73-92
Collections
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.
Polychrome Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Polychrome Bowl
Polychrome Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Small Polychrome Bowl
Small Polychrome Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Polychrome Bowl
Polychrome Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Polychrome Bowl
Polychrome Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Large bowl with flat bottom, curving up into wall with outward slope, gradually flaring outward to rim.
Large Polychrome Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1350-1550
Filadelfia ware, Lunita variety; bowl with broad rounded bottom carving up into steep wall with slight inward curve on top half to low raised rim; bands of black and red around large panel ring on upper wall - two panels of abstracted animal form, identified as a spider monkey, panels separated by red square; Janus alligator painted band, abstracted glyph regalia/upper band
Polychrome Jar with Spider Monkeys
Costa Rican Artist
c. 1350-1522
Attachment areas evident for tripod legs, now broken off and missing. Black band aroundouter rim. Three black stripes around inner rim, panel ring of interlocking "I" geometric forms, three more black rings, anthropomorphic figure on bottom of dish, red with black outline, arms and legs upraised, single eye.
Polychrome dish
Costa Rican Artist
1350-1550
Small jar with flattened bottom, wall curves outwards to half height, rounds inward to raised rim. Black "tooth" band around rim, red and black band below, 3 vertical black bands separating panels containing geometric form (perhaps modified stepped grec).
Small Polychrome Jar
Costa Rican Artist
500-800
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
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Tripod Bowl
Tripod Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Footed Bowl
Footed Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
800-1200

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