Native American, Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Mimbres / Mogollon, ca. 950 to 1150 CE. A gorgeous pottery bowl hand-built via the traditional coil-and-scrape method. Adorned with black decoration on a creamy white ground, the elegant dish boasts a rounded yet stable base, an annular rim, and a deep basin. The center of the bowl features a carefully painted, four-legged prong horn antelope. Pronghorns are painted with white stripes on the neck which distinguishes them from depictions of deer or other ungulates. The periphery of the basin is encompassed by a lovely motif of two thick black bands followed by seven slender bands on the outer edge. This is part of the Mimbres (and larger Mogollon) tradition of iron-based, mineral-painted pottery, and is a lovely example! Size: 6.75" Diameter x 4" H (17.1 cm x 10.2 cm)

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Provenance: private California collection, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired 2019; ex-Outwest Artifacts, Arizona, USA; ex- Ricky Auerbach collection, Tucson, Arizona, USA

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Repaired from many pieces with visible break lines. Chips and small losses along fissures. Chips to rim. Small cavities to exterior surface. Nice burnishing marks and preservation of motif.