Pre-Columbian Nicoya Tripod Pottery Bowl, Costa Rica

Description

Description:
Pre-Columbian Costa Rica Nicoya Burnished Brown Tripod Pottery Bowl.
Location:
Guanacaste, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica.
Date:
C
irca. 1000 - 1250 A.D.
Type:
Rare type of tempered brown burnished / slipped chocolateware with elegant sharply angled bowl,
three rattle legs, and four evenly spaced small node-like appendages around center of body.  The
upper shoulder of the bowl is decorated with incised linear stippled lines / hashes.
Size:
Approx.
3.25" H x 5.5" D
Condition:
Very good condition; breakage to one leg, possible repairs,
see photographs.