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

Globular Jar

Artist Costa Rican Artist
Date1200-1550
Place of originNicoya, Costa Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with black slip
Dimensionsheight x diameter: 6 1/4 x 7 in. (15.9 x 17.8 cm)
mouth diameter: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Irvin Ebaugh
Object numberC-74-52
Collections
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