Native American, Southwestern United States, Colorado or New Mexico, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Mesa Verde type, ca. 1100 to 1300 CE. An elegant pottery bowl of the Mesa Verde Black-on-White type boasting a minimalist form and decorative program. The hemispherical vessel is adorned with 7 horizontal bands that line the interior rim, as well as several short dashes embellishing the top of the rim. 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: 4.8" Diameter x 2.3" H (12.2 cm x 5.8 cm)

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, purchased in 2022; ex-George Hassan collection, Durango, Colorado, USA

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#178855

Some minor professional repair and restoration to rim, as well as a few small chips. Areas of fire-darkening to exterior. Expected nicks and abrasions to surface with stable hairline fissure in one area, but otherwise excellent with nice remaining pigments.