Footed Bowl
Maker
Costa Rica, Nicoya zone, Guanacaste
Date800-1200
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions3 3/4 x 6 x 6 in. (9.5 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Grenitz
Object numberC-73-63
Collections
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
2 uneven bands of red on interior below 2 black lies at rim crenellations painted with vertical black line, separated with red space 3 black lines above and below frieze with squiggly black diagonals separating panes with red "drooping "H's' uneven red bands below. Footing has vertical black lines with alternating red spaces
