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Collections

Jar with Zoomorphic Head1100–1550

Not on view
Ceramic vessel with bulbous body and pedestal foot, densely painted in brick red and black with geometric and zoomorphic motifs, with a sculptural reptile head emerging from the shoulder

Unknown, Jar with Zoomorphic Head, 1100–1550, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Jar with Zoomorphic Head
Culture
Guanacaste-Nicoya
Place Made
Costa Rica, Guanacaste area
Date Made
1100–1550
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter at mouth: 13 1/2 in. (34.29 cm); Diameter at foot: 9 3/4 in. (24.77 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.73.48.10
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas