Native American, Southwestern United States, Four Corners region, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), ca. 1075 to 1250 CE. An attractive bowl with thick walls made via the traditional coil-and-scrape technique. The vessel features a slightly concave base to rest on, tall walls that culminate in a dense rim adorned with stripes, and a deep basin. Adorning the interior surfaces of the basin is an elaborate decorative program with 5 panels of separated stepped panels and vertical bars, and each panel is connected to its neighbor via coalescing bars. Size: 7.8" W x 3.25" H (19.8 cm x 8.3 cm)
Provenance: private South Carolina, USA collection
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Condition
Repaired with light adhesive on break lines. Light abrasions and nicks commensurate with age, with minor pitting on exterior surfaces, and fire-darkening to large area of base and small area of exterior beneath rim. Nice preservation to painted motifs within basin.