Kayenta Anasazi Black on White Bowl with Hatched Bands

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Native American, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Kayenta Branch, ca. 1050–1300 CE. A hemispherical earthenware bowl painted in dense organic black on a chalky white slip, the interior given over to broad panels of fine parallel lines set at opposing diagonals so that the light ground reads as a lattice of negative stripes. A narrow band of ticked dashes runs along the rim, and the lower interior is left plain, a deliberate pause that lets the busy upper register carry the eye. The exterior is unslipped and unpainted, its surface bearing faint traces of coil scraping. Vessels of this scale served as food bowls in Ancestral Puebloan households of the Four Corners, though examples in good condition were also placed as mortuary offerings. The tight, hatched geometry is characteristic of the Kayenta branch potters of northeastern Arizona and southern Utah. Size: 3" H x 8.13" Diam (7.6 cm H x 20.7 cm Diam). Kayenta potters, working the canyon country west of Chinle Wash and north into the Utah strip, developed one of the most disciplined design vocabularies in the Ancestral Puebloan world. Where Chaco and Mesa Verde painters favored broad solids and interlocked scrolls, Kayenta artisans pursued density: fields of hairline hatching, opposed diagonals, and eventually the full negative style of Tusayan Polychrome, in which the white ground rather than the pigment carries the pattern. The paint is a carbon (organic) black, reduced from boiled tansy mustard or Rocky Mountain beeweed, fired in a reducing atmosphere so it sinks into the slip rather than sitting on it, which explains the soft, slightly grey tone rather than the hard iron-mineral black of contemporaneous Cibola wares. SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.).For those not using LiveAuctioneers' Live Ship program, Artemis Fine Arts offers expert in-house packing and worldwide shipping. With over 20 years of experience, our team provides careful, reliable, and affordable service. For a quick quote on this lot, please contact support@artemisfinearts.com prior to the auction, or call 720-890-7700. PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item #204502

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