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Globular chocolate ware jar with wide rounded bottom, curving gradually up into wall, rounding sharply inward for upper 1/3 height to raised neck with outwards flaring rim.  Brown ware with chocolate brown slip.
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 dark brown slip
Dimensionsheight x diameter: 5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19.1 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Irvin Ebaugh
Object numberC-74-54
Collections
Visual DescriptionGlobular chocolate ware jar with wide rounded bottom, curving gradually up into wall, rounding sharply inward for upper 1/3 height to raised neck with outwards flaring rim. Brown ware with chocolate brown slip.
Period VI
Miniature chocolate ware globular jar with rounded bottom, curving up into wall, rounding to inward curve at 1/2 height to small mouth with a short raised rim. 
Brown ware with chocolate brown slip.
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Jar with hemispherical bottom, curving up to 3/4 height sharp angle break with low, inward slope of wall to short raised rim with slight outward flare. Brown ware with dark orange brown slip.
Costa Rican Artist
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Large globular jar with wide conical tripod legs- fire holes in sides, smoothly curving walls to 3/4 height, angle break to inward curving raised neck with a wide outward-flaring rim (acorn shaped) brown ware with brown slip, buff slip around neck
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Period VI; Small jar with rounded bottom, raised base ring, bottom rounds up into wall, curves inward at 1/3 height, at 2/3 height a rounded ring curves up to small raised rim with slight inward slope - small handle - ring attached from upper ring to shoulder of wall.
Brown ware with dark brown or black slip, 3 small pellets attached on upper ring, arranged with handle at quadrants pinched with extended point in middle with 2 holes poked on sides; perhaps to form a face.
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.
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Globular jar
Costa Rican Artist
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Large globular jar with raised footing ring. Wall rises from ring curving gradually outwards to shoulder at 2/3 eight, curves inward to short raised rim.  Raised ridge ringing wall at 1/6 height.
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Small elliptical jar, bean shaped, with flattened base are, rounding into outward curving walls, curving sharply inwards at 3/4 height to cover top circular mouth opening at one side of top with raised rim with outward flare. Handle loop attached vertically to far side of rim and upper wall.  Brown ware with orange-brown slip. Applied face on upper side opposite opening, curved ridges for ears, large curved eyebrows meeting at raised circular nose, coffee bean eyes and mouth. Incised squiggly li…
Nicaraguan Artist
1000-1550
Small globular jar with narrow rounded base, curving sharply upwards with gradual outward slope, curving inwards at three fourth height - small raised rim with flat outward flare. Brown ware with red slip on interior rim and exterior upper half.
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Globular jar with hemispherical bottom curving up into wall at 2/3 height is a wide indented groove with wall continuing at an inward slope to long neck. 2 raised rings with notches at base of neck and center of upper wall, wide raised ridge below rim. Grey ware with black slip, 2 small nubbins opposite each other on wall just above wide indented groove groups of incised lines, in opposing diagonals on rim.
Costa Rican Artist
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Small Jar
Costa Rican Artist
undated
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…
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
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