Ring-form Jar
AD 300-800
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Locale
Reportedly from Filadelfia, Guanacaste
Country
Costa Rica, Nicaragua
Style/Tradition
Unnamed Type
Object
jar
Medium
Modeled clay with red slip, colored brown through reduction firing techniques.
Accession Number
1993.976
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Ring-form Jar. AD 300-800. Modeled clay with red slip, colored brown through reduction firing techniques.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.976.
Dimensions
height: 8 1/4 in, 20.9550 cm; width: 12 5/8 in, 32.0675 cm; depth: 14 in, 35.5600 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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