Southwestern USA, Colorado, Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloans, ca. 1200 to 1300 CE. A large bowl made in the Mesa Verde Black-on-White tradition in what is today southwestern Colorado. The exterior is white, while the interior has a wide register of geometric stepped and linear motifs in black around an undecorated center. These vessels were made from a gray or white paste with angular fragments of temper and then given a pearly gray-white slip that was overpainted with a black pigment made from carbon. These were made by people who lived in cliff dwellings like those seen at Mesa Verde National Park, and the stepped designs may relate to the multi-level style of their urban spaces. Size: 9" W x 3.7" H (22.9 cm x 9.4 cm)

Provenance: Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA, acquired prior to 1970

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Repaired from multiple pieces, with some wear to the pigment as shown.