Bowl with Painted Geometric Designs

Bowl with Painted Geometric Designs

AD 500-800
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Country
Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Carrillo Polychrome
Object
bowl
Medium
Modeled tan clay with cream-colored slips and pigments (black and red).
Accession Number
1993.686
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Bowl with Painted Geometric Designs. AD 500-800. Modeled tan clay with cream-colored slips and pigments (black and red).. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.686.
Dimensions
height: 4 7/8 in, 12.3825 cm; width: 8 1/2 in, 21.5900 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, October 1969 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1993 [1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992