Description:

**Originally Listed At $1000**

Native American, Midwest to Southeastern United States, Caddo / Mississippian, ca. 1200 to 1800 CE. A beautiful and sizable example of a hand-built pottery bowl exhibiting a round yet stable base, thick walls that swell upwards to form the profile, an indented shoulder, and an overhanging rim. The shoulder is adorned with a quartet of protruding lugs that were perhaps used as strap guides, and a program of incised linear motifs adorns the exterior surfaces. The 4 nubs around the shoulder are perhaps representative of a four-pointed star or the 4 cardinal directions, and the incised decorations may have some celestial significance. Size: 9.2" Diameter x 4.3" H (23.4 cm x 10.9 cm)

Provenance: ex-Alfred Stendahl, owner of Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA, before 1990

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#153811

  • Condition: Minor abrasions to base, exterior surfaces, and basin interior, with light fading to some incised decorations, encrustations within basin, and 1 petite spall on base, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to surface color and incised motifs. Old inventory label on exterior.

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