North America, Southwest, Central eastern Arizona, Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan, Greater Mogollon, Greater Salado, Upper Gila (Highland Salado), ca. 1250 to 1350 CE. A beautiful hand-built pottery bowl of hemispherical form, made from a red clay with a black-on-white pattern on the interior basin. The pattern is comprised of complex geometric shapes with linear, spiraling, and rippling motifs. The fabulous vessel features a round yet stable base and a circular rim that curves gently inward above a deep basin. Size: 6.5" in diameter x 3.1" H (16.5 cm x 7.9 cm)
There are three recognized styles of Salado polychrome pottery: Pinta, Gila, and Tonto. Gila vessels like this example were often decorated with complex designs, at times featuring stylized snakes, lizards, parrots, stars, the sun, and eyes. Many of these images also appear in petroglyphs. The Salado (Spanish for "salty") peoples migrated to the Salt River in Southeastern Arizona. They resided in the center of three major cultures of the Southwest of the time period: Ancestral Puebloan to the North, Mogollon to the East and South, and the Hohokam to the West and Southwest.
Provenance: ex-private southern California, USA collection, started in 1969; ex-Dr. John Hilsabeck estate, Orange County, California, USA, collected from the 1960s to 1980s
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Condition
Collection labels on base. Expected nicks and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, intact and excellent with impressive remaining pigments.