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Period VI Miniature chocolate ware globular jar with rounded bottom, curving up into wall, rounding to inward curve at 1/2 height to small mouth with a short raised rim. Brown ware with chocolate brown slip.
Miniature Jar
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Miniature Jar

Artist Costa Rican Artist
Date1200-1550
Place of originNicoya, Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North and Central America
MediumCeramic with dark brown slip
Dimensions2 1/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (5.4 x 7.3 x 7.3 cm)
mouth diameter: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Object numberC-86-59
Collections
Visual DescriptionPeriod VI
Miniature chocolate ware globular jar with rounded bottom, curving up into wall, rounding to inward curve at 1/2 height to small mouth with a short raised rim.
Brown ware with chocolate brown slip.
Globular chocolate ware jar with wide rounded bottom, curving gradually up into wall, rounding sharply inward for upper 1/3 height to raised neck with outwards flaring rim. Brown ware with chocolate brown slip.
Globular Jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Period VI; Small jar with rounded bottom, raised base ring, bottom rounds up into wall, curves inward at 1/3 height, at 2/3 height a rounded ring curves up to small raised rim with slight inward slope - small handle - ring attached from upper ring to shoulder of wall. Brown ware with dark brown or black slip, 3 small pellets attached on upper ring, arranged with handle at quadrants pinched with extended point in middle with 2 holes poked on sides; perhaps to form a face.
Small Jar with Handle
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Jar with hemispherical bottom, curving up to 3/4 height sharp angle break with low, inward slope of wall to short raised rim with slight outward flare. Brown ware with dark orange brown slip.
Jar with flattened neck
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Globular jar
Globular jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Miniature bowl with rounded bottom curving low outward to wall, rounding at 1/2 height, inward curve to rim - two small handles attached to upper wall below rim, pierced through for hanging holes. Brown ware with red slip, heavily oxidized black.
Miniature Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Large globular jar with wide conical tripod legs- fire holes in sides, smoothly curving walls to 3/4 height, angle break to inward curving raised neck with a wide outward-flaring rim (acorn shaped) brown ware with brown slip, buff slip around neck
Tripod Globular Jar
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Large globular jar with hemispherical bottom curving up into wall beginning to curve inwards at half height, raised ridge at 3/4 height forms angel break, inward slope of wall to raised neck with stepped rim 2 raised rings with notched below neck, another larger ring below stepped rim. grey ware with black slip figure head attached at angle break somewhat lopsided, modeled ears, large forehead, small donut eyes, pointy snout (possibly monkey) 3 small nubbins on the quadrants of angle breaks wi…
Large globular jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Small rounded jar with short, conical tripod legs, rounded bottom, curving outwards into wall, curving inwards on top half, raised neck with outward flaring rim. Coarse red ware with red slip, attached animal head and tail on opposite sides - small nub ears with pointy snout, short wide tail, ring of oval pills attached to wall between head and tail.
Small Tripod Jar with Animal Head
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Miniature pot with rounded bottom curving outward into lower wall to 1/2 height - raised ridge around wall, upper wall sloping sharply inwards - short raised neck with outward flaring rim - two small nubbins placed opposite each other just above ridge. Brown ware with red slip.
Miniature Pot
Costa Rican Artist
500-1200
Period VI; brown ware with appliqued figure. Small jar with wide, rounded base, slight concavity in middle - sharp curve up into wall that curves gradually inward - straight vertical raised rim, extending up to point on one side - hole in wall, 2/3 height, with raised broken area surrounding it, possible spout or handle. Brown ware with traces of buff slip - applied effigy face on raised point of rim - circles for eyes, ridge with small poked nostrils for nose, ridges for upper and lower lips …
Small Jar with Effigy
Diquis Artist
800-1550
Small Jar
Small Jar
Costa Rican Artist
undated
Small globular jar with wide rounded bottom, curving up into wall, rounding outward on bottom half, inward on top - small raised rim with outward flare. Brown ware with buff slip.
Small Jar
Costa Rican Artist
undated

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