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THBPrehistoric Anasazi Black on White Pitcher, ex-Museum
Lot 56b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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2019-10-03 10:00:00
2019-10-03 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Exceptional Day 2: Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art
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Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Pre-Columbian from the ancient Americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial and fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Pre-Columbian from the ancient Americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial and fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Native American, Southern Colorado Plateau, Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), ca. 1075 to 1250 CE. An exceedingly fine, hand-built pottery pitcher which presents a meticulously painted decorative program featuring 8 registers of black-on-white checkerboard motifs encircling the body and the neck. Most of these registers present a fairly dense pattern favoring black pigment over white; however, two bands adorning the neck feature more of the pearly white ground with fine line black delineation of the checkerboard pattern. The pitcher form was handbuilt via the coil-and-scrape method, and is defined by a rounded lower body with a dramatically corseted shoulder resolving in a gradually tapering neck, with an unpronounced rim, and a long, curved strap handle joining rim to shoulder, all atop a slightly rounded yet stable base with a concave dimple at the center. Size: 5.25" W (from handle to opposite) x 5.75" H (13.3 cm x 14.6 cm)
An old label accompanying the piece reads, "Pitchers were made in a profusion of beautiful shapes. The delicate checkerboard design must have been difficult to paint with only a chewed yucca leaf for a brush. Paints were made from both natural occurring minerals and vegetable dyes."
Provenance: ex-Joan Shaw collection, bought in 1971; loaned to the Mesa Verde Museum, 1962-1970; ex-Bill Mitchell collection, Cortez, Colorado, USA, from 1958-1962
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#147767Professional repair and restoration to rim and upper section of the vessel. One 1.25" section of rim was restored, but most of the vessel is comprised of original clay. Areas of inpainting (to upper section) and restoration were expertly executed. Expected abrasions to the handle. Scattered manganese deposits. Old collection number handwritten on base.Condition
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