Native American, Southwest, New Mexico/Arizona/Chihuahua Northern Mexico, Mogollon, ca. 1175 to 1300 CE. A lovely and large bowl created via the traditional coil and scrape method and presenting a striking black-on-white decorative program adorning the interior walls with four classic spiral motifs interspersed with stairstep motifs surrounding a sun or star motif comprised of a central orb with radiating points that are further decorated with dots and hatched borders on the tondo. Size: 9" in diameter x 3.5" H (22.9 cm x 8.9 cm); 8.875" H (22.5 cm) on included custom stand.
This piece is from the Bill Freeman collection. Bill Freeman (American, 1927-2013) grew up in West Texas on a farm just outside of El Paso. Interestingly, he worked as a horse wrangler, fought forest fires for the U.S. Forest Service, and was a field researcher and guide for the Arizona Game and Fish Department for twelve years in Arizona, Wyoming, and New Mexico prior to becoming an artist. It was not until the age of 30 that Freeman decided to become an artist himself, specializing in Western landscapes. Today he is considered a pioneer of Western art centered on such storied locales as Scottsdale, Arizona and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Provenance: ex-Bill Freeman estate collection; the late Mr. Freeman was a beloved Western landscape artist.
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Condition
Repaired from multiple pieces with restoration over the break lines and some repainting.