Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs
Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs
Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs
Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs
Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs
Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs
Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs
Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs
Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs
Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs

Costa Rica Tripod Bowl with Reptile Legs

18176

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Atlantic Watershed ca. 100 BC to AD 1000

Pottery bowl with a rounded body and a flared rim, standing on three tall, tapering hollow legs and two tight twisted loop handles under rim. Each leg is slit down the front and modeled as a reptile, probably a lizard or crocodile with a rattle ball in the track. The head sits at the top of the leg against the bowl, with round applied eyes, and small limbs project from the sides. The feet end in curled tips. A band of applied coiled spirals runs around the shoulder above a line of punched dots. Smoothed, sandy brown surface with dark fire clouds. Light earthen deposits inside.

Size: 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) H. x 7 inches (17.8 cm) Diam.

Provenance: Estate of Stanley and Sigrun Kaufman, acquired early 1970s from Burt Weidhopf.

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