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

Ring base urn with polychrome jaguar frieze

Maker Costa Rica, Nicoya, Nicarao

Date1200-1550

Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America

MediumPataky polychrome ceramic

Dimensionsheight x diameter: 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (22.2 x 14.6 cm)

ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment

Credit LineGift of Irvin Ebaugh

Object numberC-74-67

Collections

ANCIENT AMERICAN

DescriptionSmall pot with rounded bottom supported by footing ring with flaring base, bottom bordered by low raised ridge, wall curving outwards to 1/2 height, rounding upwards to tall broad neck with slight outward slope at rim. Black bands and panel rings on neck with geometric forms possibly abstracted jaguar motif, wall sectioned b y 4 vertical black bands, red bands around bottom, footing rings with red triangles, bordered with black.