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Bisquit ware 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 buff slip.
Miniature Jar
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Miniature Jar

Maker Guetar Artist
Dateundated
Place of originAtlantic Watershed, Costa Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with buff slip
Dimensions1 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. (3.8 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm)
mouth diameter: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Object numberC-86-58
Collections
Visual DescriptionBisquit ware 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 buff slip.
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