Native American, Southwestern United States, Four Corners region, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), ca. 1000 to 1100 CE. This is a beautiful and large Black Mesa pottery black-on-white bowl with a rounded but stable base, hemispherical shape, and intricate patterning. The interior is painted with a white slip and covered with a bold carbon-based black pigment in an interlocking, zigzag pattern. This vessel was made by hand coiling pottery, scraping and smoothing the surface, painting, and finally baking it in an open-air fire. The motifs may represent the passage of time, a particular clan, or may reflect the personal preferences of the women who made them. Size: 9.75" Diameter x 5" H (24.8 cm x 12.7 cm)

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, purchased in 2017; ex-Walter Knox collection, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; ex-Gary Majors collection

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#169103

Repaired from 7 mostly large pieces, with visible hair line break lines, and some chips along break lines. Chips and minor surface abrasions, but well preserved with bold patterning. Old inventory label on the base.