Native American, Southeast or Midwest, Arkansas, Mississippi County, Mississippian Culture, ca. 900 to 1543 CE. A lovely grayware jar with a rotund body, a wide shoulder edge, a nearly flat shoulder, and an attenuated neck that stretches to a gently flared rim, all sitting upon a hefty, rounded base. Size: 6.4" Diameter x 7.3" H (16.3 cm x 18.5 cm)

Provenance: private South Carolina, USA collection

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#171183

Professionally repaired with restoration. Minor chipping to rim and nicks to base of neck, shoulder, body, and base. Some areas of fire-darkening. Otherwise, very nice. Base has old collection label and inscribed collection number.