Shoe-shaped Jar with Modeled Animal
AD 700-1350
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Locale
Filadelphia
Country
Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Belen Incised
Palmares Variety
Object
jar
Medium
Modeled clay with slip, colored brown through reduction firing techniques, and applique and engraved decoration highlighted by white infill.
Accession Number
1995.495
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Shoe-shaped Jar with Modeled Animal. AD 700-1350. Modeled clay with slip, colored brown through reduction firing techniques, and applique and engraved decoration highlighted by white infill.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1995.495.
Dimensions
height: 2 in, 5.0800 cm; width: 3 7/8 in, 9.8425 cm; depth: 2 in, 5.0800 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, 1995
[1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992
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