Jar with Modeled Applique Motifs
AD 1000-1520
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Country
Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Murillo Applique
Object
jar
Medium
Modeled tan clay with slip, colored black-grey through reduction firing techniques, and incised grooving, punctate, and applique decoration.
Accession Number
1993.792
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Jar with Modeled Applique Motifs. AD 1000-1520. Modeled tan clay with slip, colored black-grey through reduction firing techniques, and incised grooving, punctate, and applique decoration.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.792.
Dimensions
height: 6 1/4 in, 15.8750 cm; width: 7 in, 17.7800 cm; depth: 6 1/2 in, 16.5100 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Known Provenance
(Enrique Vargas-Alfaro) [1915-2008], San Jose, Costa Rica and Atlanta, GA; Purchased by Frederick R. [1928-2007] and Jan Mayer, Denver, CO, May 28, 1972 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1993
[1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992
Exhibition History
- "Pre-Columbian Art of Costa Rica: From the Collection of Jan and Frederick R. Mayer." Clara A. Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, February (?)-March 4, 1977. (Traveled to: Maxwell Museum, Albuquerque, NM, October 12, 1977-May 30, 1978).
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