Native America, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Chaco Reserve type, ca. 1100 CE. A beautiful pottery pitcher of a bulbous form that was created via the traditional coil-and-scrape method utilized by Anasazi artisans. The pitcher presents with a concave base, an apple-shaped body with a rounded shoulder, a thick handle along the verso, and a broad neck with a flared rim. The body and handle are decorated with broad, zigzagging bands filled with parallel frets, and the interior areas created by these bands are decorated with concentric triangular patterns. Size: 5.5" W x 6.3" H (14 cm x 16 cm)

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, purchased in 2019; ex-Mark Brady collection, found at Witches Well Ranch, Apache County, Arizona, USA

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#169092

One stable fissure stemming from rim, with chips and nicks to handle, rim, body, and base, and light abrasions and fading to black pigment, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to black-painted motifs throughout. Old inventory number written beneath base.