Native American, North America, Southwestern United States, Colorado or New Mexico, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Mesa Verde type, ca. 1100 to 1300 CE. A sizable, apple-shaped pottery jar formed via the meticulous Puebloan coil-and-scrape technique. The white-ground exterior is decorated with a series of black-painted linear motifs including stripe-filled bands and spiraling step tendrils. Size: 7" Diameter x 6.5" H (17.8 cm x 16.5 cm)

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

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#184614

Professionally restored and repaired from many pieces. New infill and material added along break lines and third of the handle. Repairs are nearly indiscernible. Overpainting throughout. Nice preservation to motifs.