Bellied jug with a conical neck and wide overhanging rim. The object has been smoothed, sanded and primed on both sides. Its exterior is painted and polished. The base colour and painting are partially eroded. The object has a break. The ceramic has an orange-red base colour, which was painted black and white. The object has two circumferential friezes on the neck and body. They are subdivided into several pictorial fields by vertical black lines. Angular elements and intertwined wavy bands appear in them. Both friezes are bordered by circumferential black bands with thin white outer lines. After Lothrop 1926: black line ware. According to Lehmann 1913: El Viejo style. Cultural significance: although the Tola Tricromo group is considered a diagnostic indicator of the Policromo Antiguo (800-500d.C.), Bonilla et al. (1987) date it to the period of zoned bicoloured pottery. The Costa Rican variant López has been documented above all in the Bahía de Culebra and in the valley of the Río Tempisque. It appears to have originated from the Rosales Esgrafiado en zonas group (500d.C.-500a.C.). The Nicaraguan variant Tola has many similarities with the Chávez Blanco sobre Rojo group (800-500d.C.). (Künne 2004)