Lidded Incense Burner with Female Figure

Lidded Incense Burner with Female Figure

500–800 CE

Unknown artist, Greater Nicoya, Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Lidded Incense Burner with Female Figure, 500–800 CE. Slip-painted ceramic with appliqué and incised design. Denver Art Museum: Gift of the Collection of Frederick and Jan Mayer, 1995.699A-B.

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Culture
Greater Nicoya
Country
Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Potosi Applique
Object
incensario
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic with appliqué and incised design
Inscription
"C-1272A" on underside bottom
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Accession Number
1995.699A-B
Exhibition History
  • "Time and Technology: Scientific Approaches to Costa Rican Prehistory." University Museum, University of Colorado-Boulder, September 15, 1985-January 26, 1986.
  • "Prehistoric Art and Archaeology of Costa Rica." Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo, CO. January 12-February 24, 1990.
  • "Costa Rican Pre-Columbian Art from the Collection of Jan and Frederick R. Mayer." Loveland Museum and Gallery, Loveland, CO, March 22, 1990-May 15, 1990.

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