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

Legless pot

Maker Costa Rican
Date500-1200
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with red slip
Dimensions3 1/4 x 4 x 4 in. (8.3 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm)
mouth diameter: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Object numberC-86-9
Collections
DescriptionLa Selva phase; curridebot ware; burnished buff, orange inside neck; frog motif in incised and low relief.
Small pot with spherical bottom, curving into wall - raised ridge at 1/2 height, curving inwards for top half, to raised neck with outward sloping rim.
Brown ware with red slip - ring of inscribed dash marks below neck - 4 raised points, at quarters, along ridge, with inscribed chevron over each, over 2 of these, opposite, are raised triangular nubs with incised dash marks.

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