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

Small Jar

Maker Costa Rica, Diquis
Date1000-1500
Made/manufacturedNorth and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigment
Dimensions2 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (5.4 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm)
mouth diameter: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Object numberC-86-50
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionBlack 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.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
1000-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
1000-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
n.d.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
800-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
800-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Central Highlands
700-1522
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
n.d.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
1000-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Chira Island, Gulf of Nicoya, Murillo
1200-1550
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Diquis
800-1500
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Nicoya, Nicarao
1200-1550
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Costa Rica, Nicoya Zone
1200-1550