Animal-form Jar
AD 800-1250
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Locale
Filadelphia
Country
Costa Rica, Nicaragua
Style/Tradition
Unnamed Type
Object
effigy
Medium
Modeled clay with reddish-brown slip and applique decoration.
Accession Number
1993.756
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Animal-form Jar. AD 800-1250. Modeled clay with reddish-brown slip and applique decoration.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.756.
Dimensions
height: 5 3/8 in, 13.6525 cm; width: 4 3/4 in, 12.0650 cm; depth: 8 3/4 in, 22.2250 cm; height: 5.25 in, 13.3350 cm; width: 7.625 in, 19.3675 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, 1971 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1993 [1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992
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