Three-footed, round-bottomed bowl with a wide overhanging rim. The object has three massive, conical feet. It has been smoothed and sanded on both sides. Its exterior was primed and painted. The primer and paint are partially eroded. Several fractures appear on the rim. The pottery has a red base colour, which was painted white and black on the outside of the vessel. There is an upright white band running around the wall. It is decorated with a broad black line. Four bundles of lines appear on the flattened lip. They consist of parallel white lines painted on a black background. The inside of the object remains undecorated. After Lothrop 1926: Nicoya 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 two-coloured 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 seems to have emerged 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)