North America, Southwest, Northern Arizona, Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan, Bidahochi, ca. 1325 to 1400 CE. A gorgeous black-on-white pottery vessel presenting a rounded globular body with a gently sloped shoulder which meets a cylindrical neck. The decorative program is particularly striking, featuring from top to bottom of the form: stepped triangular/pyramidal motifs adorning the neck from the rim; a band of dots alternating with lozenge-shaped motifs embellishing the shoulder; and a wide register of vertical striations surrounding the vessel body. A very rare example! Size: 5.09" Diameter x 4" H (12.9 cm x 10.2 cm)
According to the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies, "Bidahochi Black-on-white was defined by Hargrave (1932). This type was produced in the fourteenth century from about A.D. 1325 to 1400. It is the last type associated with the Tusayan White Ware tradition. Bidahochi black-on-white and is transitional between and very similar to Jeddito black-on-yellow except that it was fired in a neutral rather than oxidizing atmosphere (Colton 1956; Colton and Hargrave 1932; Hays 1991; Smith 1971).
Pastes and surfaces are light gray to white. Decorated surfaces are polished but not slipped. Temper consists of very fine grains of quartz sand. Forms are dominated by bowls but include dippers and jars. Surfaces are decorated in a black iron manganese pigment. Painted decorations are applied to jar exteriors and bowl interiors. Designs are framed by wide lines that began near the rim. Design elements include horizontal and diagonal stripes, narrow and wide lines, solid stepped triangles staggered wide lines, solid triangles, and panels with cross hatching, and checkered motifs."
Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection; ex-Dan and Monica King collection, purchased from the Kings in 2006
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Condition
Nicks and chips to rim. Abrasions to surface and chipping and fading of pigment. Old inventory number written on base. Otherwise intact.