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

Zoomorphic Jar

Maker Chancay Artist
Date1000-1476
Place of originCentral Coast, Peru, South America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions4 5/8 x 2 3/4 x 11 in. (11.7 x 7 x 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Object numberC-73-166
Collections
Small pot with slightly raised ring on bottom, spherical body with straight vertical rim around wide mouth, two small handles at base of rim - one small loop, the other in human form - a diamond shaped with 2 attachment points, features slightly raised, with Y shaped indention on body, buff slip with dark brown pigment painted in criss-cross band around rim, pattern on wall of alternating vertical squiggly line and ladder motif with two lines bordering it, eyes painted on figure, Y on body paint…
Globular pot
Chancay Artist
1000-1476
Stirrup bottle with 2 cylindrical chambers sides slightly convex, joined by short tube in side, supported by flared footing, rings, long narrow tubular spout rises from center top of one chamber, male figure on to of other, squat body, arm at side, wearing large disk headband, connected to spout by thin stirrup loop; buff slip with dark brown pigment painted on most of vessel sides of chambers buff with thin diagonal brown lines and squiggly lines figure has brown on body and upper legs, feature…
Double Chambered Stirrup Bottle
Chancay Artist
1200-1450
Filadelfia ware, Lunita variety; bowl with broad rounded bottom carving up into steep wall with slight inward curve on top half to low raised rim; bands of black and red around large panel ring on upper wall - two panels of abstracted animal form, identified as a spider monkey, panels separated by red square; Janus alligator painted band, abstracted glyph regalia/upper band
Polychrome Jar with Spider Monkeys
Costa Rican Artist
c. 1350-1522
Nicoya polychrome jar with rounded bottom supported by large conical tripod legs, curves steeply into wall and upwards to tall neck with slight outward slope, attached animal head at base of neck, rounded ears, pointy snout.
Tripod Jar with Figure Head
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Large jar with rounded bottom supported by large footing ring with flared base, bottom rounds up into wall with raised ring at 1/4 height, wall rises with shallow inward curve into long neck with slightly flared rim attached animal head with forehead crest and small pointy snout; several rings and panel bands around neck with geometric forms and panel of entwined serpent motif, wall divided into three sections by vertical black bands, ring of stepped grec motif around bottom with bands of red an…
Footed Jar with Figure Head
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1522
Jar in shape of a shell with rounded bottom curving to a flattened peak in center, walls rise with slight inward curve, angling steeply inward at two-thirds height to base of long tubular neck with flared rim, two small loop handles near bottom, attached spikey clubs on upper wall with small feline head attached in between; burnished light brown slip with dark brown pigment painted in zigzag around interior of rim, two large vertical panels of checker-board motif, placed in front of handles, bor…
Aryballoid Jar
Inca Artist
1450 - 1530
Large jar with rounded bottom supported by footing ring with flaring base. Bottom rounds up into wall with raised ring near bottom, rounding smoothly inward on upper wall to long neck with flaring rim. Attached animal head at bottom of neck, perhaps doglike, with rounded ears, pointy snout and large mouth, tongue looping down to wall. Panels of geometric forms and stepped motif around neck. Wall divided into 4 sections by vertical black bands, black and red bands around bottom and footing, at…
Footed Jar with Figure head
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Footed jar with effigy
Footed jar with effigy
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Globular effigy jar
Globular effigy jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Footed jar
Footed jar
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Large jar with round bottom supported by large footing ring with flaring base. bottom curves up to wall, slightly ridges of angel break wall rises up then curves inward (pear shaped) to tall neck with slightly outward flare. Effigy face with raised eyes, nose, and ear loops, puffed cheeks and forehead. Numerous bands and small panels in red and black, including stepped grec design and other geometric forms along neck, lower wall and foot effigy face highlighted with black and red features, swe…
Footed jar with effigy
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1550
Small globular jar with broad rounded bottom curving up into wall, rounding inward at 1/2 height with low slope to narrow mouth with short raised flaring rim. 3 pairs of nubbins located on shoulder.
Small globular jar
Chorotegan Artist
1200-1550

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