Caddo Greyware Bottle - Burnished Globular Body, Tall Flaring Neck

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Native American, Caddo, ca. 1200–1500 CE. A generous globular body swells outward at the shoulder before tapering to a slender, gently flaring neck, the whole raised by coil and hand from a fine grog-tempered clay. The surface, burnished with a smooth stone while leather-hard, carries the soft grey-to-charcoal mottling of a reduction firing, its unpainted skin lit only by the play of light across faint smudges and pits. Bottles of this form served the Caddo peoples of the Red River valley and adjoining Southeast as containers for liquids, likely including infusions consumed in ritual and social settings, and were frequently interred with the dead as grave furniture. Its authority is entirely one of proportion: a swelling belly answered by a rising column, form purified of ornament. Size: 10.1" H x 7.1" Diam (25.7 cm H x 18.0 cm Diam). Caddo ceramics rank among the technically finest wares produced in native North America. Working without the potter's wheel, Caddo artisans built vessels by coiling, then compacted and polished the walls to a near-metallic sheen before firing in a smothered, oxygen-starved fire that turned the clay grey to black. Bottle forms of this kind cluster in mound and cemetery contexts across the Caddoan Mississippian heartland (present-day northeastern Texas, southwestern Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma), where they accompanied burials as part of an elaborate mortuary program. Plain, unengraved examples such as this one emphasize silhouette alone and are often assigned to types within the broader plain greyware family, a determination best confirmed by paste and temper analysis. 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 #202884

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