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Three-color negative painted alligator stylizations. Small globular jar with narrow rounded base, steeply curving outward wall, sharp angle break at 2/3 height inward curve to rim short with slightly raised ring around it outward flaring rim. Interior and lip of rim red, bottom 2/3 red, black band just below angle break, 2 panels in black resist painting around top 1/3 - border of black lines with inverted "V" shape at center, surrounded by lines with small "T's" coming off.
Small Jar
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Small Jar

Artist Costa Rican Artist
Artist Diquis Artist
Date1000-1500
Place of originCosta Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions3 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (9.5 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm)
mouth diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Object numberC-86-4
Collections
Visual DescriptionThree-color negative painted alligator stylizations.
Small globular jar with narrow rounded base, steeply curving outward wall, sharp angle break at 2/3 height inward curve to rim short with slightly raised ring around it outward flaring rim.
Interior and lip of rim red, bottom 2/3 red, black band just below angle break, 2 panels in black resist painting around top 1/3 - border of black lines with inverted "V" shape at center, surrounded by lines with small "T's" coming off.
Black and red alligator motifs on white. Small globular jar with steeply rounded base, curving outward into walls, sharply curving inwards at 1/2 height - raised rim with slight outward flare. Brown ware with buff slip - 2 black rings with red ring in between just above angle break on wall - 2 black and one red line on top swing in 3 arcs above rings - dot patterns fill space between rings and arcs.
Small Jar
Diquis Artist
1000-1500
Boruca phase; black on white ware, alligator painted motif Small bowl with flat bottom - wall rises with outward slope to 2/3 height - uneven angle break around surface with wall curving inward to thick, rounded rim - interior smooth with flattened bottom. Buff ware with black band around rim and angle break evenly spaced vertical lines connecting the two - spaces filled with alternating broad vertical black bands and large dots.
Small Bowl
Diquis Artist
800-1500
Black and red on white alligator ware. Miniature pot with small flat base circle on bottom, sloping widely outward to 1/6 height - sharp angle break, wall slopes inward to 5/6 height, flares widely outward to rounded rim - smooth interior with flat bottom. Interior and rim painted red, bottom up to angle break is red - wall painted buff with black and red lines forming two Greek key patterns.
Miniature Pot
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1500
Bowl with slightly rounded bottom with angle break to wall bowl with slightly rounded bottom, with angle break to wall with outward slope to rim. Supported by tripod legs in "D" shape or birds head. Black bordered red bands on inside and outside of rim. Paired sets of vertical lines over legs with center section boxed, right section red of vertical lines over legs with center section boxed, right section red low arch scroll on ends inverted over each other, one black, one red, black lines wit…
Tripod bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Small bowl with support ring on bottom, concave inside of ring, sloping outwards and upwards outside of ring to 1/3 height - rounded angle break with wall curving inwards to rim - roughly formed lopsided. Buff ware with black line around rim, irregular black line below angle break - irregularly spaced vertical black bands and lines interspaced with black dots.
Small Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Small bowl with support ring on bottom, concave inside of ring, sloping upwards and outwards outside of ring to 1/3 height - rough angle break, with wall curving gradually inwards to rounded rim - smooth interior with convex bottom. Buff ware with black line around rim and angle break - uneven series of vertical black lines and bands intersperced with large black dots.
Small Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
undated
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
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Small bowl with spherical bottom supported by small conical tripod legs, bottom curves up into wall, angle break at 2/3 height. Inward slope to rim, attached animal head, possibly monkey, at rim, bulbous ears, poked eye holes, curved mouth with receding jaw, curled tail on other side. Buff ware with brown slip, incised rings around rim and above angle break, vertical lines inscribed in panel between with 4 wide "x" patterns interspersed.
Small Tripod Bowl
Chorotegan Artist
1000-1550
Globular jar
Globular jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Boruca phase; red on red ware; alligator painted motif with hole in bottom. Small bowl with uneven support ring, concave on inside with "kill hole" punched through - wall slopes outward to 1/2 height, angle break with inward curve to rim - upper half of wall has multiple slightly raised vertical ridges. Buff ware with vertical black stripes and bands on upper half of wall, with occasional black dot interspersed.
Small Bowl
Diquis Artist
800-1500
Black and red painted alligator motifs on buff Small bowl with wide rounded bottom - sharp angle break with wall sloping slightly inwards to rounded rim - interior smooth with rounded bottom. Brown ware with red slip - walls painted with linked diamond pattern - black line on exteriors and smaller interior diamonds - red fill between lines.
Small Bowl
Diquis Artist
undated
Large pot with wide rounded bottom, supported by large conical tripod legs sharp angle break to inward sloping wall to long neck with outward flare. Attached animal head just above angle break rounded head with large pellet eyes and heavy eyebrows, snout broken off. Incised panels around neck of interweaved diagonals making diamond patterns separated by sections of vertical lines, lines extend down over attached head to loop around it, with triangular "teeth" on sides of lines.
Tripod pot with animal head
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550

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