Native American, North America, found in New Mexico, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Puerco type, ca. 925 to 1125 CE. A sizable seed jar of an attractive style that is shaped via the coil-forming technique and densely embellished with black motifs atop the gray-white ground. The round-bottomed vessel features a broad, apple-shaped body, a bulging shoulder that tapers to a nearly planar neck, and a wide mouth leading inwards to the deep basin. The exterior is adorned with ample black linear and triangular motifs, some lined with petite nubbins, that impede the spaces of neighboring forms but do not touch in a characteristic manner. This jar is an exquisite example of fine utilitarian artistry by the ancient Anasazi! Size: 10.8" Diameter x 7.2" H (27.4 cm x 18.3 cm)
Provenance: private Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired July 16, 2003
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Condition
Minor abrasions to exterior surfaces, minor fading to pigmentation, and one stable pressure fissure in center of basin, otherwise intact and excellent. Wonderful preservation to exterior pigments.