Bowl with Stylized Serpent Imagery
AD 800-1250
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Locale
Filadelphia
Country
Nicaragua, Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Vallejo Polychrome
Mombacho Variety
Object
bowl
Medium
Modeled tan clay with cream slip, pigments (black, red, orange, and pearl grey/blue), and incised decoration.
Accession Number
1993.570
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Bowl with Stylized Serpent Imagery. AD 800-1250. Modeled tan clay with cream slip, pigments (black, red, orange, and pearl grey/blue), and incised decoration.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.570.
Dimensions
height: 5 1/8 in, 13.0175 cm; diameter: 8 in, 20.3200 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, May 1971 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1993
[1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992
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