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Offering cup decorated with tiered friezes and a central medallion featuring four beautifully stylized eagle deities. Polychrome terracotta, neck missing, time mark. Guanacaste Nicoya, Costa Rica, Intermediate polychrome period 800-1200 A.D. Height 5 cm - Diam. 21.5 cm

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Offering cup decorated with tiered friezes and a central medallion featuring four beautifully stylized eagle deities. Polychrome terracotta, neck missing, time mark. Guanacaste Nicoya, Costa Rica, Intermediate polychrome period 800-1200 A.D. Height 5 cm - Diam. 21.5 cm

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