Native American, Southwest, Colorado, Mesa Verde, ca. 1100 to 1300 CE. A hand-built black-on-white pottery bowl, the interior walls presenting a decorative program comprised of a wide band of repeated diagonal lines tastefully interrupted by four diamond-shaped motifs with black centers framed by black and white bands. The rim is adorned with eight evenly spaced sections comprised of painted fret-like motifs. Size: 7.5" W x 3.25" H (19 cm x 8.3 cm)
Scholars purport that black-on-white pottery was produced in three locations: Sand Canyon, Castle Rock, and Mesa Verde. This bowl is an example of Anasazi (Pueblo Three Era) wares and is a transition piece from the Chacoan Era (Pueblo Two Era). Pueblo Three is also known as the Classic Pueblo Era. The first occupants of the Mesa Verde region, spanning from southeast Utah to northwest New Mexico, were nomadic Paleo Indians who arrived in the area ca. 9500 BCE. Mesa Verdean villages flourished during the mid Pueblo Three Era from 1150 to 1300 CE. Today Mesa Verde National Park is a National Park and World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado.
Provenance: ex-Kurquhill's Gallery, El Paso, Texas, USA; ex-private El Paso, Texas, USA collection, acquired early to mid 1970s
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Condition
Two long fissures from rim down walls as shown. Normal surface wear, however, decoration is still relatively vivid.