Native American, Southwestern United States, Four Corners Region, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), ca. 1175 to 1300 CE. A beautiful black-on-red pottery vessel known as a seed jar, created in the St. Johns style. This vessel has a stable and slightly concave base. The walls swell dramatically upward to a broad, rounded shoulder. At the center of the wide rim is an opening, and the size of this mouth is ideal for protecting the vessel's contents, perhaps precious seeds for planting. The shoulders and rim are decorated with a series of black linear bands that create a four-pointed star shape. This jar was created using the coil and scrape method by Anasazi artisans, and then slip painted. A pretty example of traditional pottery! Size: 9" Diameter x 5" H (22.9 cm x 12.7 cm); 6.5" H (16.5 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired in 2003; ex-Griffin Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

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Professionally repaired and restored. Repaired from 7 pieces, with hairline fissures and overpainting along break lines. Chips to rim. Nice burnishing marks and preservation of red slip and motifs. Old label on base.