Native American, Southwestern United States, Colorado or New Mexico, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Mesa Verde type, ca. 1100 to 1300 CE. A delightful pottery dipper bowl adorned with mesmerizing decoration known as Mesa Verde Black-on-White. Carefully hand-painted, the interior of the vessel is filled with tightly-packed, interlaced linear designs while a series of short dashes lines the rim. The bowl itself presents a hemispherical form with a horizontal, ribbon-form handle protruding from one side. A lone striation of steppe motif embellishes the otherwise-white exterior. Vessels from this tradition were made from a gray or white clay with angular fragments of temper and this one has a pearly gray-white slip that was then overpainted with a black pigment made from carbon. Largely, these were made by women who lived in cliff dwellings like those seen at Mesa Verde National Park. Size: 5.4" W x 2.4" H (13.7 cm x 6.1 cm)

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, acquired in 2022; ex-J. Bonk collection

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#178853

Professionally repaired with restoration to area near rim, as well as small chip to rim and tiny "pinhole" near base. Two stable hairline fissures to walls, but otherwise, excellent with nice remaining pigments. Old collection number inscribed on underside of base.