North America, Southwest, Central eastern Arizona, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Greater Mogollon, Greater Salado, Upper Gila (Highland Salado), ca. 1250 to 1350 CE. A delightful pottery jar with a form resembling a squash, adorned in black-on-white decoration. Sitting on a round yet stable base, the vessel features several horizontal registers of striated, steppe, geometric, and dotted motifs. The rich red terracotta of the clay is exposed at the base, the rim, and the interior, beautifully contrasting the mesmerizing black-on-white decoration that envelops the jar's voluminous body. Size: 9.4" Diameter x 6" H (23.9 cm x 15.2 cm)

There are three recognized styles of Salado polychrome pottery: Pinta, Gila, and Tonto. Gila vessels like this example were often decorated with complex designs, at times featuring stylized snakes, lizards, parrots, stars, the sun, and eyes. Many of these images also appear in petroglyphs. The Salado (Spanish for "salty") peoples migrated to the Salt River in Southeastern Arizona. They resided in the center of three major cultures of the Southwest of the time period: Ancestral Puebloan to the North, Mogollon to the East and South, and the Hohokam to the West and Southwest.

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

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#184969

Professionally repaired and restored with repainting over break lines; all done expertly and very difficult to notice. Some chipping to rim and abrasions to surface as shown. Otherwise, nice presentation with good remaining detail and pigments.