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

Miniature Pot

Maker Costa Rican Artist
Date1000-1500
Place of originCosta Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions1 3/4 x 2 x 2 in. (4.4 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Object numberC-86-56
Collections
Visual DescriptionBlack 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.

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Small Jar
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1500
White ware. Miniature pot with flat bottom - wall rises perpendicular with slight inward slope to 3/4 height - flares outward widely to rim - interior smooth with flat bottom. Brown ware with red slip.
Miniature Pot
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
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
Small round bowl with short raised ring for support base, interior of ring sloped to bowl, rounded wall with outward slope to rim, raised ridge two thirds up, sharp break of angle underneath, gradual slope on top, rounded rim, smooth rounded interior; brown ware with red slip on exterior, band of red pigment around interior rim, red painted figure of animal, probably a bird, on interior bottom - swirling arcs of feathers and/or claws.
Bowl with Dragon Image
Costa Rican Artist
700-1522
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
Tall bowl with a flat base of smaller diameter supported by a raised ring, wall angles sharply outwards, breaks to straight vertical wall for most of height, interior is rounded; band of red pigment around interior and exterior of rim bordered by black lines, band of alternating red, white, and black rectangles, large panels of abstracted monkey figure in crouching position.
Ring-Footed Bowl with Monkeys
Maya Artist
450-550
Small jar with small flattened area on otherwise rounded bottom, curving up to outward sloping wall, raised ridge at angle break - 1/2 height inward slope to small raised rim with slight outward flare, three conical nubbins, evenly spaced, on upper wall. Brown ware with red slip.
Small Jar
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Tall bowl with flat base of small diameter supported by a raised ring, wall angles outward, then a sharp angle break to rise straight up for approximately 3/4 of wall height, interior of bowl is rounded; black pigment on interior, exterior has white pigment field covered with two male Maya figures, seated, with long tails of feathers or cloth, with large urn situated in front of each figure.
Vertical Sided Bowl
Maya Artist
600-700
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
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

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