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Bowl
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Bowl

Artist/Maker (Costa Rica)
Dateca. 1-500
Mediumpottery and slip paint
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 x 9 in. (9.5 x 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Seymour Rosenberg
Terms
    Object number72.016.020
    DescriptionAlthough the term Intermediate Zone has been criticized for an under appreciation of the innovation present in Costa Rican ceramics, it does capture the geographical reality that ideas traveled south from the stratified state societies of Central Mexico. In this vibrant bowl, painted in red, black, and cream-colored slip, can be seen a style of depiction that owes much to the ceramic traditions of Oaxaca and the Valley of Mexico. Two humans and two supernatural entities are shown inside cartouches in a very symmetrical arrangement. A masterwork such as this bowl was most likely used by a chief to impress his peers at the competitive feasts that characterized political interactions of ancient Costa Rica.
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