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Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Anasazi/ Ancestral Puebloan, ca. 1100 to 1300 CE. A pair of Anasazi black-on-white bowls with painted motifs on the interior cavity. They both rest on rounded and stable bases with thin walls. The interior cavities are painted with stylized lines and geometric motifs in black pigment on a white ground. These bowls were made by coiling clay then scraping the edges smooth before painting and firing. The spiraling, triangular motifs may represent the passage of time, a clan, or may reflect the personal artistic preferences of the women who made them. Two lovely examples of traditional Anasazi pottery! Size larger bowl: 8" Diameter x 3.375" H (20.3 cm x 8.6 cm); smaller bowl: 6.75" Diameter x 3.375" H (17.1 cm x 8.6 cm)

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection; found at Witches Wells Ranch by Mark Brady near Sanders, Arizona, USA and purchased from him in 2012; ex-John Alexander collection, Watsonville, California, USA; purchased February 2017

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#160681

  • Condition: Larger bowl is repaired from four ancient pieces with visible hairline fissures. Loss and chips to rim. Smaller bowl has stable hairline fissure from rim to midsection. Old inventory label applied to side.

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