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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Pear-Shaped Vessel with Jaguar Motif
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Pear-Shaped Vessel with Jaguar Motif

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureGreater Nicoya
PeriodPeriod V
Date500-800 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions12 3/8 x 7 in. (31.4 x 17.8 cm)
Object number1991.004.260
Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, September 9 - October 28, 1979
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
Published ReferencesPre-Columbian Art in Southern Collections (Huntsville: The Museum, 1979), 38, 47, number 66.
Rebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 88, figure 167.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Enrique Vargas (Enrique Vargas Alfaro) (1915-2008), San Jose, Costa Rica, June 1977.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas