Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Chaco Canyon type, ca. 1150 to 1250 CE. A sizable pitcher with a carinated body and a thick handle, all formed via the coil-and-scrape technique. The lower body is decorated primarily with broad, spiraling bands filled with thin stripes, and adorning the upper body are dense banded sections surrounding diamond-shaped windows. Anasazi pottery was created by coiling clay and smoothing the surface before painting, then finally firing, and their pottery was an invaluable utilitarian item for storing agricultural goods as well as a beautiful commodity for trading. Size: 5.875" W x 7.2" H (14.9 cm x 18.3 cm)

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Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, purchased in 2019; ex-Mark Brady collection, found at Witches Wells Ranch in Sanders, Arizona

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#178870

Small chips to rim and body, with light fading to pigment, and some fire-clouding, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to decorative motifs. Handwritten inventory label beneath base.