Lot 49A
Native American, Southwestern United States, Colorado or New Mexico, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), Mesa Verde type, ca. 1100 to 1300 CE. A wonderfully formed ceramic pitcher with stylized geometric motifs in the black-on-white Mesa Verde type synonymous with this region. The body widens dramatically near the base to form a wide lower body with a short shoulder. Above is a tapering neck that terminates in a thin, unpronounced rim. A thick strap handle is on one side. This vessel was made by hand coiling pottery, smoothing it, and baking it in an open-air fire. The motifs may represent families or clans, but since no two vessels from this culture look identical, they may also reflect the personal preferences of the women who made them. Size: 6.25" W x 7.25" H (15.9 cm x 18.4 cm)
Provenance: private South Carolina, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA, August 22nd, 2019, lot 134; ex-Joan Shaw collection, bought in 1971; loaned to the Mesa Verde Museum, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, accession number 591, catalogue number 8459, 1962 to 1970; ex-Bill Mitchell collection, Cortez, Colorado, USA, acquired from 1958 to 1962
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#171167
- Condition: Repaired from multiple pieces, with an older repair evident in two perforations near the rim. Nice preservation of motifs and craquelure and deposits on surface commensurate with age. Handwritten collection number on underside.
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