Lot 121, Auction 5/11/2024: Prehistoric Anasazi Chaco Canyon Black on White Bowl
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Lot 121, Auction 5/11/2024: Prehistoric Anasazi Chaco Canyon Black on White Bowl

$701.25

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Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Chaco Canyon type, ca. 1150 to 1250 CE. A hemispherical pottery bowl formed via the Puebloan coil-and-scrape technique. The deep vessel features a round, but stable base, a thick rim, and a white-ground basin surface decorated with dense black linear motifs of triangular, serrated, spiraling, and linear forms. Anasazi pottery was an invaluable utilitarian item for storing agricultural goods as well as a beautiful commodity for trading. Size: 8.29″ Diameter x 3.8″ H (21.1 cm x 9.7 cm)

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Condition: Professional repair and restoration, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and fading to original pigment, with areas of fire-darkening on the base, otherwise in nice condition. Great preservation of motifs within basin.

Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000

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