1250-1520 AD. A large burnished brown piriform ceramic pot; everted rim with flat top incised with geometric motifs between borders; shoulder featuring band of incised decoration around the circumference with geometric motifs between concentric borders; three stylised alligator motifs extend from the shoulder down the body of the vessel, aligned with each of the pot's three feet; the vessel's decorative elements are highlighted by whitish pigments rubbed into its incised designs; the pot rests on three conical feet that served as rattles, and is possibly associated with a rain spell. Cf. Sackler, M., Art of Costa Rica, Washington, 1986, p.199, for a similar example. See Gorny and Mosch, Auktion 252 Kunst Der Antike,13th December 2017, item 342. 2.8 kg, 28cm wide (11"). Property of a North London gentleman; formerly with Gorny & Mosch, Munich, sale 252, December 2017, lot 642; from the old Waldner collection, South Germany; acquired in 1958; accompanied by copies of the relevant Gorny & Mosch catalogue pages, and a expertise by Anton Schnell, IHK Munich, in German, dated 7 June 2010, along with a handwritten translation in English.