Three-part object consisting of a bean-shaped body, a convex neck and a projecting rim. The thin-walled body was decorated after firing with incised and stippled decoration. There are sculptural applications and a fragmented, tubular spout on the neck. The object was smoothed on both sides, slurried and primed. Its exterior has indented decorations and is highly polished. There are fractures on the rim and body. The ceramic has a red-brown base colour. There is a central facial depiction on the neck, which includes sculpted and incised attributes. The body is decorated with two opposing, angled arms and legs. A vertical band runs along the back, connecting the neck and base. It shows two intertwined wavy lines (guilloche motif) symbolising the tail of the depicted creature. The iconography of the vessel suggests a feline predator. According to Lothrop 1926: chocolate ware and black ware. Cultural significance: the date of the group requires additional documentation. Lothrop associates the type with his black ware, which also includes objects from the Murillo Aplicado (1520-1350d.C.) and Castillo Esgrafiado (1550-1200d.C.) groups. He associates the vessels with the black pottery reported by Oviedo, Castañeda and López de Velasco from the island of Chira in the Gulf of Nicoya (Lothrop 1926: 40). Snarskis identifies the same ware with the Murillo Aplicado type (1981: 198, photo 113). Baudez (1972: 118f.) dates a similar object between 1525 and 1200d.C. (Künne 2004)