Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona and New Mexico, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), Pueblo II, ca. 980 to 1150 CE. A fabulous example of a hand-built pottery pitcher with a lightly rounded but stable base, a spherical lower body that tapers to form the tall walls, and a tall rectangular handle that arches from rim to midsection. The white-slipped vessel is adorned with zigzagging serpentine forms with bodies filled with thin diagonal lines, and a dense ladder motif embellishes the exterior surfaces of the handle. This style of pitcher is associated with the Pueblo II period, a time when people in the area traded pottery for food with wealthy settlements like Chaco Canyon. Size: 5.125" W x 6.375" H (13 cm x 16.2 cm)

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, acquired in 2015; ex-Mark Brady collection, found on Witches Wells Ranch, Sanders, Arizona, USA

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#152558

Minor nicks, chips, and abrasions to base, body, rim, and handle, with a few stable hairline fissures on rim and base, fading to original pigmentation with areas of fire-darkening, and minor pitting to some surfaces, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and great traces of original pigment throughout.