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Miniature jar with wide rounded bottom - walls curve quickly from outward slope to inward, running to narrow mouth with slight raised inward flaring rim. Brown ware with red slip, heavily oxidized to mostly black appearance.
Miniature Jar
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Miniature Jar

Maker Costa Rican Artist
Dateundated
Place of originCosta Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with red slip
Dimensions1 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (3.5 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm)
mouth diameter: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Object numberC-86-57
Collections
Visual DescriptionMiniature jar with wide rounded bottom - walls curve quickly from outward slope to inward, running to narrow mouth with slight raised inward flaring rim.
Brown ware with red slip, heavily oxidized to mostly black appearance.
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