Flat-bottomed Dish with Painted Interior

Flat-bottomed Dish with Painted Interior

AD 800-1250
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Locale
Filadelphia Guanacaste
Country
Nicaragua, Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Madeira Polychrome Gato Variety
Object
dish
Medium
Modeled clay with cream slip and pigments (black, brown, and red).
Accession Number
1993.568
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Flat-bottomed Dish with Painted Interior. AD 800-1250. Modeled clay with cream slip and pigments (black, brown, and red).. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.568.
Dimensions
height: 1 7/8 in, 4.7625 cm; diameter: 7 7/8 in, 20.0025 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Known Provenance
Collection of Jorge A. Lines (aka Jorge Lines Canalias) [1891-1978], San Jose, Costa Rica, by 1952; Earl Stendahl (Stendahl Galleries), Hollywood, CA and New York, 1952; Purchased by Frederick R. [1928-2007] and Jan Mayer, Denver, CO, May 1971 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1993 [1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992
Exhibition History
  • Stendahl Gallery Exhibition of Pre-Columbian Art, 1958-1960: Präkolumbische Kunst aus Mexiko und Mittelamerika, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Oct. 15, 1858
  • Kunst der Mexikaner, Kusthaus, Zurich, January 24, 1959
  • Galerie Charpentier, Paris, April 15, 1959
  • Gemeente Museum, the Haag, June 26, 1959
  • Kunst aus Mexiko und MittelamerikaAkademie der Kunste Museum, West Berlin, October 3, 1959
  • Museum Fur Volkerkunde, Vienna, December 22, 1959
  • Historisches Museum, Frankfurt, Sept. 1, 1960
  • Arte Precolumbiana del Messico e dell'America Centrale, Palasso delle Esponsizioni, Rome, November 15, 1960

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