TWO CERAMIC VESSELS AND ONE CERAMIC BASE RING, Costa Rica, c. 900 A.D.; the largest ceramic tripod vessel with flaring rim and tall animal effigy rattles as feet with intact ceramic balls, pierced open mouth in beak form, cream slip with light orange pigment on interior rim and exterior body as well as tripod rattle feet in geometric and curvilinear design; the smaller vessel with raised neck with flaring lip, small tripod feet, with three bulbous areas on exterior; the base ring with flaring end and tapered middle portion, also painted red and light cream in circular bands on top interior rim, two small effigy modeled faces on the rim-small vessel: 2¾in. (6.9cm.) diameter, 4½in. (11.4cm.) high; larger vessel: 13in. (32.9cm.) diameter, 8½in. (21.5cm.) high; base: 4½in. (11.4cm.) diameter (3)

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TWO CERAMIC VESSELS AND ONE CERAMIC BASE RING, Costa Rica, c. 900 A.D.; the largest ceramic tripod vessel with flaring rim and tall animal effigy rattles as feet with intact ceramic balls, pierced open mouth in beak form, cream slip with light orange pigment on interior rim and exterior body as well as tripod rattle feet in geometric and curvilinear design; the smaller vessel with raised neck with flaring lip, small tripod feet, with three bulbous areas on exterior; the base ring with flaring end and tapered middle portion, also painted red and light cream in circular bands on top interior rim, two small effigy modeled faces on the rim-small vessel: 2¾in. (6.9cm.) diameter, 4½in. (11.4cm.) high; larger vessel: 13in. (32.9cm.) diameter, 8½in. (21.5cm.) high; base: 4½in. (11.4cm.) diameter (3)